Flag of Palestine

Proportions 1:2 The Palestinian flag ( ) is based on the Flag of the Arab Revolt , and is used to represent the Palestinian people (since 1964 ), and the Palestinian Authority .

The Palestinian flag ( ) is based on the Flag of the Arab Revolt , and is used to represent the Palestinian people .

National flag This article is about the flag used to represent the modern State of Palestine . The flag of Palestine ( ) 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 . It was first adopted on 28 May 1964 by the Palestinian Liberation Organization . The flag is almost identical to that of the Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz , which is the western portion of the Arabian peninsula , and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (both use a 2:3 ratio as opposed to the Palestine's 1:2) as well as the short-lived Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan (which had an equilateral triangle at the hoist). It is also very similar to the Flag of Jordan and Flag of Western Sahara , all of which draw their inspiration from the Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule (1916–1918). The flag of the Arab Revolt had the same graphic form, but the colours were arranged differently (white on the bottom, rather than in the middle). Bandiere - Passato e Presente (in Italian) .

National flag of the State of Palestine This article is about the flag used to represent the modern State of Palestine. The flag of Palestine ( ) 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 . It was first adopted on 28 May 1964 by the Palestinian Liberation Organization . The flag day is celebrated on 30 September. 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). It is also very similar to the Flag of Jordan and to the Flag of Western Sahara , all of which draw their inspiration from the Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule (1916–1918). The flag of the Arab Revolt had the same graphic form, but the colours were arranged differently (white on the bottom, rather than in the middle). In 2021, President Mahmoud Abbas approved the annual lowering of the flag to lament the Balfour Declaration . Bandiere - Passato e Presente (in Italian) .

The flag of the State of Palestine ( Arabic : علم فلسطين , romanized : ʿalam Filasṭīn ) is a tricolour of three equal horizontal stripes—black, white, and green from top to bottom—overlaid by a red triangle issuing from the hoist . It displays the pan-Arab colours , which were first combined in the current style during the 1916 Arab Revolt , and represents the Palestinian people and the State of Palestine . Used since the 1920s, the Palestinian flag's overall design is almost identical to the flag of the Arab Revolt , with the pan-Arab colours representing four historical Arab dynasties. It was flown during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine and has also been used extensively in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , especially after it was officially adopted as the Palestinian people's flag when the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was founded in 1964. Since 2015, the State of Palestine has observed a Flag Day every 30 September. 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 . During the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel occupied the Gaza Strip and the West Bank , where it then outlawed the Palestinian flag, which remained until the early 1990s, when Israel and the PLO signed the Oslo Accords . In practice, however, the flag is still routinely confiscated by Israeli authorities throughout the Israeli-occupied territories . In 2023, Amnesty International released a report condemning new Israeli government restrictions on displays of the Palestinian flag as "an attempt to legitimize racism" by suppressing "a symbol of unity and resistance to Israel’s unlawful occupation" in the Palestinian territories . The watermelon symbol rose to defy Israeli restrictions on the Palestinian flag between 1967 and 1993, and continues to be used today as an expression of Palestinian nationalism worldwide.