The following is a list of Israeli flags.
| 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 |
 | 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 |
| 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 |
 | Presidential standard (at sea) | Presidential standard with the border in yellow. | |
 | Prime Minister flag | A blue field with the National Flag of Israel in the canton and the Coat of Arms charged in the fly | |
 | 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 | |
 | 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 | |
 | 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 | |
 | Minister of Environmental Protection flag | A white field with the Ministry of Environmental Protection logo | |
 | Minister of Intelligence flag | A white, gray and blue flag with the Ministry of Intelligence logo | |
 | Minister of Foreign Affairs flag | A white field with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs logo | |
 | Minister of Tourism flag | A white field with the Ministry of Tourism logo |
| 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 |
 | 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 |
| Flag | 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. |
 | Givati Brigade flag | Diagonally divided white and purple. | |
 | Golani Brigade flag | Diagonally divided yellow and green. | |
 | Nahal Brigade flag | Diagonally divided white and green. | |
 | Kfir Brigade flag | Diagonally divided white and green. | |
 | 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Flag | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ?–present | Israel Prison Service flag | |
 | ?–present | Commander of the Israel Prison Service flag |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ?–present | Israel Fire and Rescue Services flag | |
 | ?–present | Flag of Israel Fire and Rescue Services Chief of Staff |
| 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. |
 | Tel Aviv-Yafo flag | Based on the National flag. | |
 | 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 coat of arms charged in the centre |
 | 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. | |
 | Ashdod flag | A blue field with the coat of arms charged in the centre | |
 | Rishon LeZion flag | An orange field with the coat of arms charged in the centre | |
 | Netanya flag | An orange field with the coat of arms charged in the centre | |
 | Bat Yam flag | ||
 | Herzliya flag | Based on the National flag. | |
 | Bnei Brak flag | ||
 | Ramat HaSharon flag | An orange field with the coat of arms charged in the centre | |
 | Or Yehuda flag | ||
 | Kefar Saba flag | ||
 | Givatayim flag | ||
 | Ashkelon flag | ||
 | Hof Azza flag | ||
 | Kfar Kama flag (Outdated) | ||
 | Har Hebron flag | ||
 | Karmiel flag | Based on the National flag. | |
 | Qiryat Gat flag |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ?–present | Israel Railways flag | A blue field with the Rakevet Yisra'el logo charged in the centre |
 | Israel Nature and Parks Authority flag | ||
 | Israel Postal Authority flag | ||
 | Israel Mail Pendant | ||
 | Magen David Adom flag | ||
 | Flag of Israel Antiquities Authority | ||
 | 1965–2004 | Flag of Customs services of Israel | dark blue field |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2781 BC-1453 BC | The flag of Canaan | |
 | 1453 BC-1211 BC | The flag of the New Kingdom of Egypt | A orange-brown background with the Ankh on the center |
 | 1211 BC-1050 BC | A mosaic of the Twelve tribes of Israel | |
 | 1050 BC-930 BC | Flag of the United Kingdom of Israel | |
 | 930 BC-586 BC | Flag of Kingdom of Judah | A blue background a Lion of Judah |
 | 930 BC-722 BC | Flag of the Kingdom of Israel | |
 | 722 BC-610s BC | Flag of the Assyrian people | |
 | 722 BC-610s BC | Symbol of Samaritanism Used by the Unrecognized Samaritan country | The Shema Yisrael prayer in Samaritan Hebrew |
 | 587 BC-539 BC | Flag of the Babylonian Empire | |
 | 539 BC-323 BC | Flag of the Achaemenid Empire | An Eagle holding on a Spear |
 | 332 BC-323 BC | Flag of the Macedonian Empire | |
 | 167 BC-33 BC | The symbol for the Hasmonean Dynasty | |
 | 33 BC-4 | The symbol for the Herodian dynasty | |
 | 4-395 | The Flag of the Roman Empire | |
 | 395-616 | The Flag of the Byzantine Empire | |
 | 614-616 | The Derafsh Kaviani | |
 | 616-632 | Flag of the Byzantine Empire | square flag with a red background with two yellow lines with the Letter B |
 | 632-660 | Flag of the Rashidun Caliphate | A black Flag with the Shahada |
 | 660-750 | Flag for the Ummayad Caliphate | A White Flag which Muslims Say Prophet Muhammad raised in battle |
 | 750-909 | Flag of the Abbasid Caliphate (not accurate)) | A black triangle with the Takbir with a Golden circle with the Shahada |
 | 909-1070s | Flag for the Fatimid Caliphate | |
 | 1070s-1099 | Flag of the Seljuk Empire | |
 | 1099-1187 | Flag of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Crusades | |
 | 1187-1291 | Flag of the Ayyubid Dynasty | |
 | 1291-1516 [1] | Flag for the Mamluk Dynasty | |
 | 1516-1917 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | |
 | 1897–1898 | Flag of the First and Second Zionist Congress | |
 | 1917-1920 | Flag of the Arab Revolt | A red triangle based at the hoist to which three parallel horizontal colours are attached, black at the top, followed by green in the middle and white at the bottom |
 | 1917-1948 | Mandatory Palestine flag | |
 | 1919–1921 | First Judeans Regiment of the Jewish Legion flag | |
 | 1920-May 25 1948 | Flag for the Haganah | The flag of Israel in the side with the Haganah symbol |
 | 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 |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1970–present | Calm sea: bathing and swimming is allowed | Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag |
 | Stormy sea: bathing and swimming is allowed | Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag | |
 | Very stormy sea: bathing and swimming is forbidden | Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag | |
 | Presence of jellyfish at sea: bathing and swimming is forbidden | Israeli National Organization of Sea Rescuers service flag |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ?–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. |
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