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	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
	1948–present	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
	?–present	Presidential standard (at sea)	Presidential standard with the border in yellow.
	?–present	Prime Minister flag	A blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Coat of Arms charged in the fly
	?–present	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
	?–present	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
	?–present	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
	?–present	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.
	?–present	Israeli Armored Corps (Heil HaShiryon) flag	Diagonally divided black and green.
	?–present	Israeli Intelligence Corps (Haman)	Diagonally divided white and green.
	?–present	Military Police Corps (Heil HaMishtara HaTzva'it) flag	Diagonally divided blue and red.
	?–present	Logistics Corps flag	Diagonally divided blue and yellow.
	?–present	Israeli Infantry Corps (Hir) flag	Diagonally divided green and yellow.
	?–present	Military Rabbinate (Heil HaRabanut HaTzvait) flag	Diagonally divided grey and yellow.
	?–present	Technology and Maintenance Corps (Heil HaTekhnologya VeHaAhzaka) flag	Diagonally divided red and yellow.
	?–present	Medical Corps (Heil HaRfu'a) flag	Diagonally divided red and white.
	?–present	Education and Youth Corps (Heil HaHinuh VeHaNo'ar) flag	Diagonally divided green and blue.
	?–present	Adjutant Corps flag	Diagonally divided white and blue.
	?–present	C4I Corps (Heyl HaTikshuv) flag
	?–present	Israeli Artillery Corps (Cheyl HaTothanim) flag	Diagonally divided red and black.
	?–present	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.
	?–present	Givati Brigade flag	Diagonally divided white and purple.
	?–present	Golani Brigade flag	Diagonally divided yellow and green.
	?–present	Nahal Brigade flag	Diagonally divided white and green.
	?–present	Kfir Brigade flag	Diagonally divided white and green.
	?–present	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.

Navy Flags

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.
	1949–present	Tel Aviv-Yafo flag	Based on the National flag.
	?–present	Haifa flag	A blue field with the coat of arms charged in the centre
	?–present	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.
	?–present	Ashdod flag	A blue field with the coat of arms charged in the centre
	?–present	Rishon LeZion flag	An orange field with the coat of arms charged in the centre
	?–present	Netanya flag	An orange field with the coat of arms charged in the centre
	?–present	Bat Yam flag
	?–present	Herzliya flag	Based on the National flag.
	?–present	Bnei Brak flag
	?–present	Ramat HaSharon flag	An orange field with the coat of arms charged in the centre
	?–present	Or Yehuda flag
	?–present	Kefar Saba flag
	?–present	Givatayim flag
	?–present	Ashkelon flag
	?–present	Hof Azza flag
	?–present	Kfar Kama flag
	?–present	Har Hebron flag
	?–present	Karmiel flag	Based on the National flag.
	?–present	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
	?–present	Israel Nature and Parks Authority flag
	?–present	Israel Postal Authority flag
	?–present	Israel Mail Pendant
	?–present	Magen David Adom flag
	?–present	Israel Fire and Rescue Services flag
	?–present	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	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
	1970–present	Stormy sea: bathing and swimming is allowed	Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag
	1970–present	Very stormy sea: bathing and swimming is forbidden	Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag
	1970–present	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 movement and the flag of the Arab Revolt, 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

• Flag of Israel
• Emblem of Israel