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
Use
National flag
Proportion
1:2
Adopted
28 May 1964; 59 years ago (1964-05-28) (PLO) 15 November 1988; 35 years ago (1988-11-15) (State of Palestine)
Design
A horizontal tricolour of black, white, and green; with a red triangle based at the hoist.
Use
Presidential standard[1]
Proportion
1:2
Design
A 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.
Use
State flag
Design
A 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]
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