Back Vlag van Palestina Afrikaans علم فلسطين Arabic علم فلسطين ARZ Bandera de Palestina AST Fələstin bayrağı Azerbaijani Национално знаме на Палестина Bulgarian ফিলিস্তিনের জাতীয় পতাকা Bengali/Bangla Zastava Palestine BS Bandera de Palestina Catalan Palestinská vlajka Czech

Flag of Palestine

This article is about the flag used to represent the modern State of Palestine. For the flag used during the period of the British Mandate for Palestine, see Flag of Mandatory Palestine.

State of Palestine
UseNational flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Reverse side is mirror image of obverse side
Proportion1:2
Adopted28 May 1964 (1964-05-28) (PLO)
15 November 1988 (1988-11-15) (State of Palestine)
DesignA horizontal tricolour of black, white, and green; with a red triangle based at the hoist.
UsePresidential standard[1] Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Reverse side is mirror image of obverse side
Proportion1:2
DesignA horizontal tricolour of black, white, and green; with a red triangle based at the hoist charged with the coat of arms above a golden wreath of laurel leaves in the fly end.
UseState flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Reverse side is mirror image of obverse side
DesignA horizontal tricolour of black, white, and green; with a red triangle based at the hoist charged with the coat of arms above two crossed white swords in the upper hoist corner.

The flag of Palestine (Arabic: علم فلسطين, romanized: ʿalam Filasṭīn) is a tricolor of three equal horizontal stripes (black, white, and green from top to bottom) overlaid by a red triangle issuing from the hoist. This flag is derived from the Pan-Arab colors and is used to represent the State of Palestine and the Palestinian people.

The Palestinian flag in its current form has been used in Palestine since the 1920s, which was based on the flag of the 1916 Great Arab Revolt, whose colors represent four Arab dynasties in history: Hashemite (red), Umayyad (white), Fatimid (green) and Abbasid (black). The flag featured during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine and the 1987-1993 First and 2000-2005 Second Intifadas. It was officially adopted as the flag of the Palestinian people by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964. The flag day is celebrated on 30 September,[2] and the flag is lowered on 2 November to lament the Balfour Declaration.[3]

After Israel occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 1967, it banned the Palestinian flag, which was lifted after the signing of the Oslo Peace Accords in 1993.[4] However, Palestinian flags are routinely confiscated by the Israeli police.[5] Israel's restriction on the Palestinian flag were criticized by Amnesty International as an attempt to "legitimize racism," adding that the Palestinian flag has been used for the past decades as "a symbol of unity and resistance to Israel’s unlawful occupation."[6] The use of the watermelon as a Palestinian symbol has appeared in the wake of Israel's restrictions of Palestinian flags.[5]

  1. ^ "Flags of the World".
  2. ^ "Palestinians celebrate Flag Day marking two years since hoisting it at UN". WAFA Agency.
  3. ^ "Palestinian flag to be flown at half mast to mourn Balfour Declaration". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference kellman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference AJ11 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference AI11 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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