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The Israeli Flag:
The flag of Israel was adopted on October 28,
1948, five months after the country's
establishment. It depicts a blue Star of David
on a white background, between two horizontal
blue stripes. The blue color is mandated only
as "dark sky-blue", and varies from flag to
flag, ranging from a hue of pure blue,
sometimes shaded almost as dark as navy blue,
to hues about 75% toward pure cyan and shades
as light as very light blue.[2] The flag was
designed for the Zionist Movement in 1891. The
basic 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"). It became a
Jewish symbol starting in late medieval
Prague, and was adopted by the First Zionist
Congress in 1897.
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