# List of flags of Israel

The following is a list of Israeli flags.

## 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

| 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 |
| ?–present | Minister of Environmental Protection flag | A white field with the Ministry of Environmental Protection logo |
| ?–present | Minister of Intelligence flag | A white, gray and blue flag with the Ministry of Intelligence logo |
| ?–present | Minister of Foreign Affairs flag | A white field with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs logo |
| ?–present | Minister of Tourism flag | A white field with the Ministry of Tourism logo |

## Military and police flags

| 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

| Date | Use | Description |
| 2022–present | Israeli Army (Zro'a ha-Yabasha) flag | 5 diagonal stripes, black/gray/white/gray/black, of proportions 2/1/5/1/2. In the center of the white stripe is a black-outlined white-bordered black disk, containing multi-faces crystal inside of target. 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. |
| ?–2021 | Old 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. |
| | IDF Central Command flag | |
| | IDF Northern Command flag | |
| | IDF Southern Command flag | |
| | IDF Home Front Command flag | |
| | IDF Operations Directorate flag | |
| | IDF Military Intelligence Directorate flag | |
| | IDF Planning Directorate flag | |
| | IDF Computer Service Directorate flag | |
| | IDF Technological and Logistics Directorate flag | |
| | IDF Manpower Directorate flag | |
| | Israeli Armored Corps (Kheyl HaShiryon) flag | Diagonally divided black and green. |
| | Israeli Intelligence Corps ('Aman') flag | Diagonally divided white and green. |
| | Military Police Corps (Kheyl HaMishtara HaTzva'it) flag | Diagonally divided blue and red. |
| | Logistics Corps flag | Diagonally divided blue and yellow. |
| | Israeli Infantry Corps ('Khir') flag | Diagonally divided green and yellow. |
| | Military Rabbinate (Kheyl HaRabanut HaTzva'it) flag | Diagonally divided grey and yellow. |
| | Technology and Maintenance Corps (Kheyl HaTekhnologya VeHaAkhzaka) flag | Diagonally divided red and yellow. |
| | Medical Corps (Kheyl HaRfu'a) flag | Diagonally divided red and white. |
| | Education and Youth Corps (Kheyl HaKhinukh VeHaNo'ar) flag | Diagonally divided green and blue. |
| | Adjutant Corps flag | Diagonally divided white and blue. |
| | C4I Corps (Kheyl HaTikshuv) flag | |
| | Israeli Artillery Corps (Kheyl HaTotkhanim) flag | Diagonally divided red and black. |
| | Israeli Combat Engineering Corps (Kheyl HaHandasa HaKravit) flag | Diagonally divided orange and black. |
| 1992–? | 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. Replaced and no longer in use. |
| ?–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

| 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 (Zro'a HaAvir VeHakhalal) 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

| Date | Use | Description |
| ?–present | Israel Police (Mishteret 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' (Mishmar HaGvul) flag | |

### Knesset Guard flag

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 2007–present | Knesset Guard flag | A white field with the Knesset Guard logo charged in the center |
| | 1958–2007 | Old flag of Knesset Guard | |

### Intelligence flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | ?–present | Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations – 'Mossad' (haMosad leModiʿin uleTafkidim Meyukḥadim – haMosad) flag | A white field with the Mossad logo charged in the center |

### Prison Service

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | ?–present | Israel Prison Service flag | |
| | ?–present | Commander of the Israel Prison Service flag | |

### Israel Fire and Rescue Services

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | ?–present | Israel Fire and Rescue Services flag | |
| | ?–present | Flag of Israel Fire and Rescue Services Chief of Staff | |

## Municipal flags

| 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. |
| 1951-present | Ashkelon flag | The flag consists of an orange field with the city's emblem (which was adopted in 1951) in the center. the emblem consists of a shield with a charged light blue field representing the sea and sky of Ashkelon. the 5 Stars represent the city's five neighborhoods, alongside a marble column with a title, and a gear, representing Ashkelon's industrial plants with waves below the gear representing Ashkelon's spectacular beaches. the film symbolises the "planning of Ashkelon as Israel's film city". |
| 1958–present | Ramat Gan flag | The flag has a blue background with the city's emblem in the center. The emblem consists of a shield with a charged green field in the shape of a rounded hexagonal star, reminiscent of a Star of David, and is surrounded by 7 small white hexagonal stars. Inside the big star is a landscape illustration showing a sun shining and illuminating the symbol. In the center of the star is a palm tree, below it a pan with a cluster of grapes and citrus fruits and plowshares appear across the symbol. In the lower right part of the star is a stone wall and three trees growing from it. On the left side of the star is an industrial building with a chimney. At the bottom of the emblem is a parchment with the name of the city, "Ramat Gan". |
| ?–present | Haifa flag | A blue field with the emblem charged in the center. |
| ?–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 white field with the city emblem charged in the center. |
| ?–present | Rishon LeZion flag | An orange field with the city emblem charged in the center. |
| ?–present | Netanya flag | An orange field with the city emblem charged in the center. |
| ?–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 city emblem charged in the center. |
| ?–present | Or Yehuda flag | |
| ?–present | Kefar Saba flag | |
| ?–present | Givatayim flag | |
| ?–present | Hof Azza flag | |
| ?–present | Kfar Kama flag | The Cyrillic script is present on the flag to represent the town's Circassian history. |
| ?–present | Har Hebron flag | |
| ?–present | Karmiel flag | Based on the National flag. |
| ?–present | Qiryat Gat flag | |

## Organization flags

| 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 | Flag of Israel Antiquities Authority | |
| 1965–2004 | Flag of Customs services of Israel | dark blue field |

## Historical flags

| 1897–1898 | Flag of the First and Second Zionist Congress |
| 1919–1921 | First Judeans Regiment of Jewish Legion flag |
| 1924–1926 | House flag of American Palestine Line |
| 1933–1934 | MV "Emanuel" (Captain Arye "Lyova" Grevnov) ship's of "Hofiya Shipping Company" Hebrew flag |
| 1942–1944 | Flag of the Jewish Combat Organization |
| 1942–1944 | Flag of the Jewish Military Union |
| 1948 | Ink Flag |

### National flag proposals

* Theodor Herzl's Proposal (1890s)
* Ha'Degel Proposal 1 (1948)
* Ha'Degel Proposal 2 (1948)
* Ha'Degel Proposal 3 (1948)
* Ha'Degel Proposal 4 (1948)
* Ha'Degel Proposal 5 (1948)
* Ha'Degel Proposal 6 (1948)
* Ha'Degel Proposal 7 (1948)
* Ha'Degel Proposal 8 (1948)
* Contest Proposal 44 (1948)
* Contest Proposal 57 (1948)
* Contest Proposal 58 (1948)
* Contest Proposal 61 (1948)
* Otta Wallish's Proposal (1949)
* Nissim Sabah'sProposal (1949)

## Lifeguard flags

| 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

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1964–present | Flag of the Israeli Palestinian Arab Minority | Used by Israeli Palestinians within the Green Line. Red triangle at the hoist side, and three horizontal stripes of black-white-green. |
| ?–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. |
| ?–present | Unofficial flag of the Israeli Christian Minority | A blue triangle at the hoist side, charged with a red Latin cross; and four stripes (from top to bottom), red, yellow, white and blue. |
| 1993–present | Flag of the Israeli Russian Minority | Three horizontal stripes of white, blue and red. |
| ?–present | Flag of the Israeli Turkmen Minority | A white flag with two light blue stripes and a light blue crescent and star. |