Israel
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| Flag of Israel | |
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| Adopted | October 28, 1948 |
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| Designed by | Morris Harris? |
| Proportions | 8:11 |
The flag of Israel has a white background, with two blue horizontal stripes near the top and bottom of the flag, with a Shield of David (also called the "Star of David") in between the two stripes. The flag hoist is 8⁄11 the length of the flag.
[edit] Symbolism
The blue stripes are taken from the Bible, in Numbers 15:37-41,
| “ | Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners, and you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the LORD and do them, and that you may not follow the hariotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your God. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God. | ” |
The blue stripes from those verses are used on the flag of Israel and the Jewish tallith. The Shield of David is a symbol of both the Jews and Israel.
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