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Flag Legislation (Israel)

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See also:

Other sites:

  • The Flag and The Emblem by Alec Mishory, with broad information on the development of both flag and arms, at the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs website

Introduction

The main Israeli legislation is divided into:

  • Ordinances, which is legislation dating back to the Mandate era still in force, even if ammended by the Knesset, and also legislation of the Provisional Council of State in 1948, and
  • Acts, which is legislation done by the Knesset.
There are also Ordinances (new version) or (combined version) which are Ordinances that were rephrased, refurbished or re-arranged by the Minister of Justice without changing the essence. Since 1926, Ordinances have the Gregorian calendar year added to their name.

Dov Gutterman, 26 August 2001

Flag Proclamation 1948

The original proclamation of the flag of Israel is mentioned in the Flag and Emblem Law of 1949 and is the basis to the Israeli flag. It was published in the Official Gazette (Reshumot) no. 32, on 10 Heshvan 5709 (12th November 1948), page 2.

Dov Gutterman, 23 August 2001

From the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Flag and Emblem webpage:

Provisional State Council
Proclamation of the Flag of the State of Israel

The Provisional Council of State hereby proclaims that the flag of the State of Israel shall be as illustrated and described below:

The flag is 220 cm. long and 160 cm. wide. The background is white and on it are two stripes of dark sky-blue, 25 cm. broad, over the whole length of the flag, at a distance of 15 cm. from the top and from the bottom of the flag. In the middle of the white background, between the two blue stripes and at equal distance from each stripe is a Star of David, composed of six sky-blue stripes, 5.5 cm. broad, which form two equilateral triangles, the bases of which are parallel to the two horizontal stripes.

25 Tishrei 5709 (28 October 1948)
Provisional Council of State
Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker

Santiago Dotor, 10 October 2002

Flag and Emblem Law 1949

The official English translation of the Flag and Emblem Law, passed by the Knesset on the 19th Iyar 5709 (18th May 1949), says as follows:

Sec. 1(a) "State flag" means the flag which the Provisional Counci