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The following is a list of flags of Israel.

National flag and State flag

Flag Date Use Description
1948–present Israel State flag and National flag The design recalls the Tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl, which is white with blue stripes. The hexagram in the centre is the Magen David ("Shield of David", also known in the diaspora as the "Star of David"). Dimensions: 8:11
Israel Civil ensign Blue flag with a white vertically elongated oval set near the hoist containing a vertically elongated blue Magen David. Dimensions: 2:3

Governmental flags

Flag Date Use Description
?–present Presidential standard The flag is square, silver-bordered banner of the state's arms, dark blue, silver menorah (seven-armed candlestick), olive branches, and the name of state beneath. Dimensions: 7:8
Presidential standard (at sea) Presidential standard with the border in yellow.
Prime Minister flag A blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Coat of Arms charged in the fly
Prime Minister flag (at sea) A dark blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Coat of Arms charged in the fly
Minister of Defence flag A blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Coat of Arms surmounting a palewise sword enfiling an olive wreath, charged in the fly
Minister of Defence flag (at sea) A dark blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Coat of Arms surmounting a palewise sword enfiling an olive wreath, charged in the fly

Military and Police flags

Flag Date Use Description
1949–present Israeli Defense Forces (Tsva ha-Hagana le-Yisra'el) flag Light blue defaced standard with the IDF emblem; and with the national flag in the canton. 8:11 ratio including the fringe
?–present IDF Chief of Staff flag A red field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Armed forces emblem (erected sword on olive branch, on two horizontal wings, on one bent anchor, surrounded by a garland of palms) in the fly
IDF Chief of Staff flag (at sea) A dark blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Armed forces emblem (erected sword on olive branch, on two horizontal wings, on one bent anchor, surrounded by a garland of palms) in the fly

Army flags

Flag Date Use Description
?–present Israeli Army (Zro'a ha-Yabasha) flag 5 diagonal stripes, orange-red/white/green/black/orange-red, of proportions 2/1/5/1/2. In the center of the red stripe is a white-bordered gold disk, containing 4 semicircles of green, orange, black and orange-red. Superimposed over them is an upright black-outlined white bayonet blade, partially enclosed on its right by an olive branch, also in black-outlined white.
Israeli Armored Corps (Heil HaShiryon) flag Diagonally divided black and green.
Israeli Intelligence Corps (Haman) Diagonally divided white and green.
Military Police Corps (Heil HaMishtara HaTzva'it) flag Diagonally divided blue and red.
Logistics Corps flag Diagonally divided blue and yellow.
Israeli Infantry Corps (Hir) flag Diagonally divided green and yellow.
Military Rabbinate (Heil HaRabanut HaTzvait) flag Diagonally divided grey and yellow.
Technology and Maintenance Corps (Heil HaTekhnologya VeHaAhzaka) flag Diagonally divided red and yellow.
Medical Corps (Heil HaRfu'a) flag Diagonally divided red and white.
Education and Youth Corps (Heil HaHinuh VeHaNo'ar) flag Diagonally divided green and blue.
Adjutant Corps flag Diagonally divided white and blue.
C4I Corps (Heyl HaTikshuv) flag
Israeli Artillery Corps (Cheyl HaTothanim) flag Diagonally divided red and black.
Israeli Combat Engineering Corps (Heil HaHandasa HaKravit) flag Diagonally divided orange and black.
1992–present Home Front Command (Pikud Ha-ʿOref) flag Diagonally divided blue and orange. The colours of the homefront command are the same to those appearing in its emblem.
?–present Israeli Combat Intelligence Collection Corps flag Diagonally divided white and yellow.
Givati Brigade flag Diagonally divided white and purple.
Golani Brigade flag Diagonally divided yellow and green.
Nahal Brigade flag Diagonally divided white and green.
Kfir Brigade flag Diagonally divided white and green.
Paratroopers Brigade flag Diagonally divided white and red.
?–1992 Flag of the Israeli Civil Defense Corps until 1992 Diagonally divided green and red.
?–2001 Flag of the Israeli Women's Corps until 2001 Diagonally divided brown and orange.
Flag Date Use Description
1948–present Israeli Navy (Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli) Naval ensign The flag is used by Israeli Navy, being a blue flag with white triangle at hoist and blue Magen David in it. Proportions are 2:3.
?–present Israeli Navy Jack flag Israel State flag and National flag
?–present Israeli Navy Pennant (commissioning)
?–present Israeli Navy Commander in Chief at Sea flag
?–present Israeli Navy Senior Officer pendant

Air Force flags

Flag Date Use Description
1991–present Israeli Air Force (Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal) flag Light blue flag with thin stripes, near top and bottom (closer to the edges than on the national flag), white with dark blue borders. In the center, the air force roundel but with points touching disc edges and a dark blue border.
?–present Israeli Air Defense Command flag Diagonally divided blue and black.

Police flags

Flag Date Use Description
?–present Israel Police (Mišteret Yisra'el) flag A blue field with the Police badge charged in the centre
?–present Israel Police General Commissioner flag A blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Police badge charged in the fly
?–present Israel Border Police - MAGAV (Mišmar Ha-Gvul) flag

Intelligence flags

Flag Date Use Description
?–present Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations - Mossad (ha Moʿsad leModiʿin uleTafkidim Meyuḥadim - ha Moʿsad) flag A white field with the Mossad logo charged in the centre

Prison Service

Flag Date Use Description
?–present Israel Prison Service flag
?–present Commander of the Israel Prison Service flag

Municipal flags

Flag Date Use Description
1949–present Jerusalem flag Based on the National flag, the flag of Jerusalem features in the center the city's coat of arms, which consists of a shield with the Lion of Judah superimposed on a stylized background representing the Kotel, flanked on either side with olive branches. The word יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim, Hebrew for "Jerusalem") appears above the shield.
Tel Aviv-Yafo flag Based on the National flag.
?–present Haifa flag A blue field with the coat of arms charged in the centre
Holon flag Based on the national flag with the colors reversed and the city's emblem in lieu of the Star of David. The emblem may also appear in a white rectangular box, or drawn in white on the blue background.


Ashdod flag A blue field with the coat of arms charged in the centre
Rishon LeZion flag An orange field with the coat of arms charged in the centre
Netanya flag An orange field with the coat of arms charged in the centre
Bat Yam flag
Herzliya flag Based on the National flag.
Bnei Brak flag
Ramat HaSharon flag An orange field with the coat of arms charged in the centre
Or Yehuda flag
Kefar Saba flag
Givatayim flag
Ashkelon flag
Hof Azza flag
Kfar Kama flag


Har Hebron flag
Karmiel flag Based on the National flag.
Qiryat Gat flag

Organization flags

Flag Date Use Description
?–present Israel Railways flag A blue field with the Rakevet Yisra'el logo charged in the centre
Israel Nature and Parks Authority flag
Israel Postal Authority flag
Israel Mail Pendant
Magen David Adom flag
Israel Fire and Rescue Services flag
Flag of Israel Fire and Rescue Services Chief of Staff

Historical Flags

Flag Date Use Description
1919-1921 First Judeans Regiment of Jewish Legion flag
1920-1948 Proposed flag of the Mandate of Palestine Under the League of Nations During the British Mandate for Palestine
1933-1934 MV "Emanuel" (Captain Arye "Lyova" Grevnov) ship's of "Hofiya Shipping Company" Hebrew flag
1948 Ink Flag

Lifeguard Flags

Flag Date Use Description
1970–present Calm sea: bathing and swimming is allowed Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag
Stormy sea: bathing and swimming is allowed Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag
Very stormy sea: bathing and swimming is forbidden Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag
Presence of jellyfish at sea: bathing and swimming is forbidden Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag

Minority Flags

Flag Date Use Description
1964–present Flag of the Arabs ruled by PA and Hamas Based on the flag of the Palestinian national movement, Arab socialist and the nationalist movements, itself inspired by the Jordan flag. Tricolor of three equal horizontal stripes (black, white, and green from top to bottom) overlaid by a red triangle issuing from the hoist.
?–present Flag of the Israeli Druze Minority Used by Israeli Druze. Green triangle at the hoist side, and four horizontal stripes of red-yellow-blue-white.

See also

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