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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").
Blue and white are used in flags, symbols, etc. Eg: Blue-White (Blau-Weiss) [2] Zionist youth moment in Germany and Blue and white patriotic song. [3] Book of Numbers mentions in 15:38 , it states that the Israelites were commanded to put fringes on the corners of their garments, and to put a cord of blue border upon these fringes.
The field of the flag of the United Nations is light blue, chosen to represent peace and hope. It has given rise to the term "bluewashing". [17] The colour blue, normally of a lighter shade, is of prime significance in Judaism. The flag of Israel features two blue horizontal stripes and a blue Star of David. See also tekhelet and Zionism.
The blue color of tekhelet was later used on the tallit, which typically has blue stripes on a white garment. From the 19th century at the latest, the combination of blue and white symbolized the Jewish people, [18] and this combination was chosen for the Flag of Israel.
The use of blue in the tallit and temple robes led to the association of blue and white with Judaism [96] and inspired the design of the flag of Israel. Like their non-Jewish neighbors, Jews of the Middle East painted their doorposts, and other parts of their homes with blue dyes; have ornamented their children with tekhelet ribbons and ...
This is a list of flags of states, territories, former, and other geographic entities (plus a few non-geographic flags) sorted by their combinations of dominant colors. Flags emblazoned with seals, coats of arms, and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields. The color of text is almost entirely ignored.
Reform Zionism, also known as Progressive Zionism, is the ideology of the Zionist arm of the Reform or Progressive branch of Judaism. The Association of Reform Zionists of America is the American Reform movement's Zionist organization. Their mission “endeavors to make Israel fundamental to the sacred lives and Jewish identity of Reform
Flag of Palestine, with a watermelon replacing the red triangle. In 1993, as part of the Oslo Accords, Israel lifted the ban on the Palestinian flag. [8] At the time, the New York Times claimed "young men were once arrested for carrying sliced watermelons", [9] but Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour has cast doubt on the validity of these claims.