Flag of Israel
The flag has 5 horizontal bands from top to bottom: white · blue · white · blue · white.
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Israel
Flag facts
- Adopted
- 1948
Flag design
The flag has 5 horizontal bands from top to bottom: white · blue · white · blue · white.
- Layout
- Horizontal bands
- Number of bands
- 5
- Details
- Unequal-width bands
- Symbols
- Star – Centre
- Colours
- Blue and white
Sources
The Star of David between two blue bands
Israel’s flag has a white field, two blue horizontal bands and a blue Star of David at the centre. The blue-and-white design is commonly associated with the tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl, while the central emblem is also known as the Magen David.
The Flag and Emblem Law defines the flag’s appearance and use. The blue stripes’ association with the tallit is a widely repeated explanation of the design, rather than a separate colour rule stated in the law.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Israel
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Jerusalem
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- IL
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- ISR
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 376
- Top-level domain
- .il
- Area
- 20,770 km²
- Population
- 10,122,800 (2025)
- Currency
- ILS
- Calling code
- +972
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Israel (1844–)
Images are ordered by the years listed in the collection. A listed year may not be the flag’s official adoption year.
About historical flags
Vexilla's historical flag collection includes former flags associated with present-day countries and territories, as well as flags of states, empires, and other authorities that historically governed them.
A flag's inclusion in a country's historical collection does not necessarily mean that the country was independent at the time or that the flag was its own national flag.
The years shown are based on historical records in the dataset and do not always indicate the date of official adoption. The collection is not exhaustive, and historical usage, territorial coverage, and interpretations may vary.
