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The
banner o
Israel
(
Ebreu
: ??? ?????,
Degel Yisrael
, Arabic: ??? ???????) wis adoptit on October 28, 1948, five month efter the kintra's establishment. It depicts a blue
Star o David
on a white backgrund, atween twa horizontal blue stripes. The
blue
colour is mandatit ae as "daurk sky-blue",
[1]
andvaries fra banner tae banner, rangin frae a
hue
o pure blue, whiles
shadit
amaist as daurk as
navy blue
, tae hues aboot 75% toward pure
cyan
an shades as licht as vera licht blue.
[2]
The banner wis designed for the
Zionist Movement
in 1891. The basic design recaws the
Tallit
, the Jewish prayer shawl, which is white wi blue stripes. The
hexagram
in the centre is the
Magen David
("shield o David"). It became a Jewish seembol stairtin in late medieval Prague, an wis adoptit bi the
First Zionist Congress
in 1897.
[1]
In 2007, an Israeli banner measurin 660 bi 100 metres an weighin 5.2 tonnes wis unfurled near the auncient Jewish fortress o
Masada
, breakin the
warld record
for the lairgest banner.
[3]
Scheme
|
Textile colour
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White
|
Seembol o licht, honesty, innocence an peace.
|
Blue
|
It seembolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, an heaven.
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