Flag of Israel
Officially State of Israel
Locally Yisra'el · ישראל
What the flag looks like
A white field with two horizontal blue stripes, one near the top and one near the bottom, and a blue Star of David in the center.
What it means
The stripes are modelled on the tallit (Jewish prayer shawl), and the Star of David is a long-standing symbol of Judaism.
How to remember it
Israel
is a white flag with two blue stripes like a prayer shawl and a blue Star of David between them.
Fun facts
- The design was used by the Zionist movement from the late 19th century, including at the First Zionist Congress in 1897.
- The shore of the Dead Sea, on Israel's eastern border, is the lowest land elevation on Earth, more than 400 meters below sea level.
Israel at a glance
- Capital
- Jerusalem
- Region
- Western Asia
- Population
- 10 million
- Area
- 20,770 km²
- Languages
- Arabic, Hebrew
- Currency
- Israeli new shekel (₪)
- Flag adopted
- 1948