List of flags of Israel

The following is a list of flags of Israel.

National flag and State flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1948—Present	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"). Dimensions: 8:11
	1948—Present	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
	?—Present	Presidential standard (at sea)	Presidential standard with the border in yellow.
	?—Present	Flag of the Prime Minister
	?—Present	Flag of the Minister of Defence

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1949—Present	Israeli Defense Forces	Light blue defaced standard with the IDF emblem; and with the national flag in the canton. 8:11 ratio including the fringe
	1948—Present	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.
	1991—Present	Air force 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	Army (Land Arm) 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.
	1992—Present	Homefront Command (Pikud HaOref)	Diagonally divided blue and orange. The colours of the homefront command are the same to those appearing in its emblem.
	?—Present	Flag of the IDF Chief of Staff

Municipal flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1949—Present	Jerusalem	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 (i.e. Yerushalayim, Hebrew for "Jerusalem") appears above the shield.
	1949—Present	Tel-Aviv-Yafo	Based on the National flag.
	?-Present	Haifa	The city's emblem on a light blue background.
	?-Present	Holon	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.

See also

• Flag of Israel
• Emblem of Israel