This is a list of flags of the State of Palestine (including preceding flags of the Palestinian Authority and PLO).

National flag

FlagDateUseDescription
2006–presentFlag of PalestineBased 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–presentPresidential standardStandard of the president of the Palestinian Authority.[1]

Political Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
?–present Flag of Islamic Resistance Movement
Link to file ?–presentFlag 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
Link to file ?–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

FlagDateUseDescription
63 BCE–636Flag of the Roman EmpireA yellow flag with a black stylized eagle with its wings spread looking up and to the left. The wing feathers are stylized to look like the letter j and the tail appears to be an upside down fleur-de-lis. The feet of the eagle are unique in being outlined by black as opposed to filled in.
313–636Flag of the Byzantine EmpireA yellow cross on red background, dividing the flag into four equal sections with four yellow “B” letters, one on each section.
632–661
750–909		Flag of the Rashidun and Abbasid CaliphatesA Simple Black Field.
661–750
909–1099		Flag of the Umayyad Caliphate and Caliphal Flag of the Fatimid CaliphateA Simple White Field.
909–1099Flag of the Fatimid CaliphateA Simple Green Field.
1099–1187Flag of the Kingdom of JerusalemA White Field with The Jerusalem Cross in the center.
1187–1260/1341Flag of the Ayyubid dynasty of EgyptA Simple Golden Field.
1187–1193Saladin's personal standardA Golden Field with a Red Double-Headed Eagle in the Center.
1250–1517Flag of the Mamluk Sultanate of EgyptA Golden Field with a White Crescent Moon off-centered toward the hoist.
1517–1793Flag of the Ottoman EmpireRed field with a Green Disc in the center and 3 golden crescent moons inside the disc.
1793–1844Flag of the Ottoman EmpireA Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 8-pointed star.
1844–1918Flag of the Ottoman EmpireA Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 5-pointed star.
1918–1948Flag of the United KingdomA superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
1920–1948Flag of the High Commissioner of PalestineThe Union Jack defaced with the phrase "Palestine High Commissioner".
1927–1948Flag of Mandatory PalestineA Red Ensign with the word "Palestine" on a white disc.
1929–1948Customs and Postal Banner of PalestineA Blue Ensign with the word "Palestine" on a white disc.
1945–1948Flag of PalestineA White Field with the name of the country in arabic written in red in the center.
1948–1959All-Palestine ProtectorateFlag of the Arab Revolt.
1948–1958Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt and the Co-Official Flag of the Arab Republic of EgyptGreen flag with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars.
1948–1967West BankFlag of Jordan, used during occupation of West Bank.
1952–1958Flag of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution and the Republic of EgyptFollowing 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.
1959–1967Gaza StripFlag of the United Arab Republic, used during occupation of the Gaza Strip.
1964–1993Palestinian Liberation OrganizationPalestinian flag version with shorter triangle.
1994–presentFlag of PNABased on PLO flag.

Proposed flags

FlagDateNameDesignerDescriptionNotes/References
9 November 1929Husein MikdadiAn 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]
"An Arab From Haifa" [2]
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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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Filastin Newspaper [2]
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See also

References

  1. ↑ Breschi, Roberto. "PALESTINA - Bandiera del presidente". Bandiere - Passato e Presente (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 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.
  3. ↑ "הדגל הפלסטיני". archives.gov.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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