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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
The flag is similar to that of Syria's Ba'ath Party, which uses the same shapes and colours but a 2:3 ratio as opposed to Palestine's 1:2, as well as the short-lived Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan (which had an equilateral triangle at the hoist).
The flag of Jordan, officially adopted on 16 April 1928, is based on the 1916 flag of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. [1] The flag consists of horizontal black, white, and green bands that are connected by a red chevron .
Pan-Arab colors, used individually in the past, were first combined in 1916 in the flag of the Arab Revolt or Flag of Hejaz. [11] Many current flags are based on Arab Revolt colors, such as the flags of Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, and the United Arab Emirates. [12]
Flags of Arab countries, territories, and organisations usually include the color green, which is a symbol of Islam as well as an emblem of purity, fertility and peace. Common colors in Arab flags are Pan-Arab colors (red, black, white and green); common symbols include stars , crescents and the Shahada .
Among the additional objects which are considered to be symbols of the Palestinian nation, is the native Palestinian poppy. Even though the national flower of Palestine is the Faqqua Iris, adopted in 2016, the poppy is red, with black center and green leaves, evoking the primary colors of the Pan-Arabic and Palestinian flag. [13]
The Shrewsbury resident is Jewish, immigrated to the U.S. from the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the 1990s and preferred if both the Israel and Palestine flags flew together ...
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.