🇮🇱 flag: Israel Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

What Does the flag: Israel Emoji 🇮🇱 Mean?

A white field carries two horizontal blue stripes near the top and bottom and a blue Star of David (Magen David) in the center. Modeled on the Jewish prayer shawl (tallit), the design connects directly to Jewish religious tradition. The Star of David is one of the oldest Jewish symbols.

Adopted on October 28, 1948, five months after the State of Israel was declared. The emoji shows up during Israeli Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut), Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, Passover, and posts about Tel Aviv beaches, Jerusalem's Old City, and tech-industry stories. Coded in Unicode 6.0 from IL, it pairs with menorah, dove, falafel, and Star-of-David emojis.

The Jewish diaspora worldwide and Israeli expats across the US, France, and Russia use it. As with many national flags, it can be a source of political debate online. The flag was based on a design first proposed by David Wolffsohn for the First Zionist Congress in 1897.

The blue color was officially fixed in 2007 as a specific Pantone, ending years of slight variation across government uses.