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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
Since 2015, the State of Palestine has observed a Flag Day every 30 September. [2] Since 2021, the Palestinian flag has been lowered to half-mast every 2 November to lament the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which was issued by the United Kingdom, supporting a "national home for the Jewish people" in what was then Ottoman Palestine. [3]
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] Jaffa oranges, [13] lemons, olive trees, [13] and the cactus pear (sabr) [14] [13] are also widely used as symbols for the Palestinian nation.
The All-Palestine Government (Arabic: حكومة عموم فلسطين Ḥukūmat ‘Umūm Filasṭīn) was established on 22 September 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, to govern the Egyptian-controlled territory in Gaza, which Egypt had on the same day declared as the All-Palestine Protectorate, Three horizontal bands of green, white ...
During the Mandate period in Palestine, between 1920 and 1948, when Palestine was governed by Britain under terms which were formalised in the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine of July 24, 1922, [1] the de facto flag was the Union Jack or Union Flag of the United Kingdom, but several localised flags existed for Mandate government ...
English: Outline map of Palestine (as a region or historic entity) with the flag of Palestine displayed. This image should not be used where File:Flag map of Palestine.svg would be more appropriate, due to the politically-charged nature of considering the entire Palestinian region (land of Palestine, or land of Israel) "Palestinian".
Maps of Ottoman Palestine showing the Kaza subdivisions. Part of a series on the History of Palestine Prehistory Natufian culture Pre-Pottery Tahunian Ghassulian Jericho Ancient history Canaan Phoenicia Egyptian Empire Ancient Israel and Judah (Israel, Judah) Philistia Philistines Neo-Assyrian Empire Neo-Babylonian Empire Achaemenid Empire Classical period Hellenistic Palestine (Seleucus ...
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