This is a list of flags associated with the Palestinian people, including those of the Palestinian Authority (1993–present) and the State of Palestine (1988–present), the Palestine Liberation Organization (1964–present), and various Palestinian political and militant organizations. Other flags shown in this article are those of historical empires and countries that have exercised political authority in the region since the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 7th century, not including the State of Israel due to the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
National flag
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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2006–present | Flag of Palestine | Based on the flag of the Arab Revolt, and is used to represent the Palestinian National Authority (since 1994) and the State of Palestine (since 2013). Modified flag adopted in 2006. | |
1997–present | Presidential standard | Standard of the president of the Palestinian Authority.[1] |
Political flags
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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1987–present | Flag of Hamas | The Shahada on a green background. | |
?–present | Flag of Fatah | ||
?–present | Flag of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | ||
?–present | Flag of Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine | ||
?–present | Flag of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine | ||
?–present | Flag of the Palestinian People's Party | ||
?–present | Flag of the Vanguard for the Popular Liberation War - Lightning Forces | ||
?–present | Flag of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command |
Historical flags
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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632–661 750–909 |
Flag of the Rashidun (possibly) and Abbasid Caliphates | A Simple Black Field. | |
661–750 909–1099 |
Flag of the Umayyad Caliphate and of the Fatimid Caliphate | A Simple White Field. | |
1099–1187 | Flag of the Kingdom of Jerusalem | A White Field with The Jerusalem Cross in the center. | |
1187–1260/1341 | Flag of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt | A Simple Golden Field. | |
1187–1193 | Saladin's personal standard | A Golden Field with a Red Double-Headed Eagle in the Center. | |
1250–1517 | Flag of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt | A Golden Field with a White Crescent Moon off-centered toward the hoist. | |
1517–1793 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | Red field with a Green Disc in the center and 3 golden crescent moons inside the disc. | |
1793–1844 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 8-pointed star. | |
1844–1918 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 5-pointed star. | |
1918–1948 | Flag of the United Kingdom | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). | |
1920–1948 | Flag of the High Commissioner of Palestine | The Union Jack defaced with the phrase "Palestine High Commissioner". | |
1927–1948 | Palestine maritime ensign | A Red Ensign with the word "Palestine" on a white disc, flown by ships registered in the British Mandate territory. | |
1929–1948 | Customs and Postal Banner of Palestine | A Blue Ensign with the word "Palestine" on a white disc. | |
1936–1939 | Flag used during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt | ||
1945–1948 | Flag of Palestine placeholder used by the Arab League | A White Field with the name of the nation in Arabic written in red in the center. | |
1948–1959 | All-Palestine Protectorate | Flag of the Arab Revolt. | |
1948–1958 | Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt and the Co-Official Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt | Green flag with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars. | |
1948–1967 | Jordanian-annexed West Bank | Flag of Jordan, used during occupation of West Bank. | |
1952–1958 | Flag of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution and the Republic of Egypt | Following the Revolution of 1952, the Free Officers retained the flag of the Kingdom, but also introduced the former Republic of Egypt flag colors of red, white, and black horizontal bands, with the emblem of the Revolution, the Eagle of Saladin, in the center band, with a green escutcheon with a white crescent and three five pointed stars. | |
1959–1967 | Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip | Flag of the United Arab Republic, used during occupation of the Gaza Strip. | |
1964–1993 | Palestinian Liberation Organization | Palestinian flag version with shorter triangle. | |
1994–present | Flag of PNA | Based on PLO flag. |
Proposed flags
editFlag | Date | Name | Designer | Description | Notes/References |
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9 November 1929 | Husein Mikdadi | An upside-down Arab Revolt flag with a white symbol in the triangle, consisting of a Latin cross within a crescent. | [2] | ||
1929 | "Jawad Ismail" | [2][3] | |||
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Elias Hana Rantissi | Three vertical stripes – green, white and black, and a full red circle in the middle. | [2] | |||
Hamdi Can'an | [2] | ||||
25 October 1929 | Assma Tubi | [2] | |||
9 November 1929 | "Jalili" | [2] | |||
1929 | As’ad Shufani | [2] | |||
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Breschi, Roberto. "PALESTINA - Bandiera del presidente". Bandiere - Passato e Presente (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Sorek, Tamir (2004). "The orange and the 'Cross in the Crescent': imagining Palestine in 1929". Nations and Nationalism. 10 (3): 269–291. doi:10.1111/j.1354-5078.2004.00167.x.
- ^ "הדגל הפלסטיני". archives.gov.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 13 October 2023.