List of Palestinian flags

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

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2006–present	Flag of Palestine	Based 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–present	Presidential standard	Standard of the president of the Palestinian Authority.^[1]

Political Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of Islamic Movement	The Shahada on a green background.
	?–present	Flag 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
	?–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

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	632–661 750–909	Flag of the Rashidun and Abbasid Caliphates	A Simple Black Field.
	661–750 909–1099	Flag of the Umayyad Caliphate and Caliphal Flag of the Fatimid Caliphate	A Simple White Field.
	909–1099	Flag of the Fatimid Caliphate	A Simple Green Field.
	1099–1187	Flag of the Kingdom of Jerusalem	A White Field with The Jerusalem Cross in the center.
	1187–1260/1341	Flag of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt	A Simple Golden Field.
	1187–1193	Saladin's personal standard	A Golden Field with a Red Double-Headed Eagle in the Center.
	1250–1517	Flag of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt	A Golden Field with a White Crescent Moon off-centered toward the hoist.
	1517–1793	Flag of the Ottoman Empire	Red field with a Green Disc in the center and 3 golden crescent moons inside the disc.
	1793–1844	Flag of the Ottoman Empire	A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 8-pointed star.
	1844–1918	Flag of the Ottoman Empire	A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 5-pointed star.
	1918–1948	Flag of the United Kingdom	A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
	1920–1948	Flag of the High Commissioner of Palestine	The Union Jack defaced with the phrase "Palestine High Commissioner".
	1927–1948	Flag of Mandatory Palestine	A Red Ensign with the word "Palestine" on a white disc.
	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	A White Field with the name of the country in arabic written in red in the center.
	1948–1959	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	West Bank	Flag of Jordan, used during occupation of West Bank.
	1952–1958	Flag of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution and the Republic of Egypt	Following 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.
	1959–1967	Gaza Strip	Flag of the United Arab Republic, used during occupation of the Gaza Strip.
	1964–1993	Palestinian Liberation Organization	Palestinian flag version with shorter triangle.
	1994–present	Flag of PNA	Based on PLO flag.

Proposed flags

Flag	Date	Name	Designer	Description	Notes/References
	9 November 1929		Husein Mikdadi	An 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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See also

• List of flags of Israel

References

1. Breschi, Roberto. "PALESTINA - Bandiera del presidente". Bandiere - Passato e Presente (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2019.
2. 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.