Flag of Israel

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 8:11.

How to recognise it

A white field with two blue horizontal stripes and a blue six-pointed star between them.

Name in the quiz: Israel
UN member state name: Israel
ISO 3166-1 code: IL
Atlas Play pack: The Middle East (explorer pack)

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Easily confused with

ArgentinaIsrael: thin stripes and a blue star. Argentina: wide light blue bands and a golden sun.
FinlandIsrael: two stripes and a six-pointed star. Finland: a blue cross.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Israel (revision 1372714574) (White banner with three blue (tekhelet) symbols: a pair of horizontal tallit-like stripes above and below a centred Star of David; proportion 8:11). Checked 2026-10-21 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered flag-icons artwork compared side by side with the reference article’s lead image and its infobox design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/il.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 a464fa225600…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.