Israel Flags – Israeli Flag, Bunting & Hand Flags

The Israeli flag: two stripes and the Star of David

The Israel flag is a white field with two horizontal blue stripes near the top and bottom edges and a blue Star of David, the Magen David, in the centre. The layout follows the tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl, which is white with blue or black stripes, and the six-pointed star has been a Jewish symbol since at least the seventeenth century. The design was first used by the Zionist movement in the 1890s, flown at the First Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897, and was adopted as the flag of the State of Israel on 28 October 1948, five months after independence. The official specification calls the blue “dark sky-blue”, and in practice the shade varies from a mid blue to a deep royal; our Israel flag uses a clean mid-to-dark blue on a bright white with the star drawn as two overlapping outlined triangles, as the specification requires, rather than a solid star.

Where the flag is flown

In the UK the Israeli flag is flown at Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, which falls in April or May according to the Hebrew calendar, at synagogues, Jewish community centres and schools, at embassy and cultural events, at Maccabi sports clubs and on Jewish holidays and simchas such as bar and bat mitzvahs. Supporters of the Israel national football team bring it to European Championship and World Cup qualifiers, Eurovision parties fly it on the night, and it is bought by universities, museums and churches for displays and study weeks on the Middle East. Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and the rest of the region are under world flags.

Sizes, grades and fittings

The Israel flag comes in 20x12in for a car or a hand pole, 3ft x 2ft for a classroom, a hall or a short pole, 5ft x 3ft for a garden flagpole, a community centre or an event, and 8ft x 5ft for a synagogue forecourt, a stage or a tall pole. Flagtex is the woven-polyester print with brass eyelets for celebrations and seasonal use; DuraFlag is the heavier knitted grade with double-stitched hems and a reinforced header for a flag that stays on a pole all year, with clips or a rope and toggle to suit the halyard.

Israel bunting

Israel bunting is one of the few world-flag buntings we carry in the full run of lengths: 3m, 5m, 9m and 20m, in rectangle or triangle pennant cut, on weatherproof polyester sewn to a strong tape. A 3m length suits a classroom or a sukkah, 9m a community hall or a school corridor, and 20m a street, a marquee or a Yom Ha’atzmaut fair, with lengths joined end to end for longer runs.

Hand flags and table flags

Israel hand flags on wooden sticks come in 9x6in and 18x12in, sold singly for a parade, a school assembly or a party. The Israel small table flag with base is the 6x4in desk flag for an office, a conference or a simcha table, the Israel wooden table flag and large 18x12in wooden table flag suit a dinner or an exhibition stand, and the satin table flag is the sleeved version for a chrome stand.

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