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The Regional Council for Unrecognized Negev-villages, is not
a local authority but an organization.
One of the problems with settled Bedouins is the fact that as
former nomads sometimes they settled where they saw fit without
giving any thought to legalities such as land ownership, building
codes etc.
This brought to situation that there are many
"unrecognized" (or "illegal") villages which
are not part of any local authority and are not allowed to get
any municipal or state services.
The State demand that those villages will be removed from their
place and the settlers will find new homes in one of the existing
Bedouin "recognized" villages, however those demand
were rejected by the settlers.
One of the bodies that represent those villages is "The
regional Council for Unrecognized Negev-villages". Even thou
they have an "official-like" name, it is not a local
authority but an association of the (self-proclaimed) local
committees of those villages.
Following the footsteps of the "official" regional
councils, this one also adopted a flag whose photo can be seen at stage.co.il.
Dov Gutterman, 5 March 2005
I'm in the midst of taking the Israeli bar examinations (the
ones for those trained out of the country). They're held at the
Israeli Bar Association on Chopin Street in Jerusalem, which
flies both the Israeli and Bar Association flag both out front
and inside (Bar flag on the left as you look at it).
The flag is a blue logo on white. You can see the symbol at www.israelbar.org.il,
on the top left. The logo is the Hebrew letter Ayin
with scales of justice coming out the top. I think the side of
the Ayin also serves as the bottom of the Hebrew letter Lamed
on top as well, and the scales rest on that.
The Hebrew name for the Bar Association is Lishkat Orchei
HaDin which literally means "Chamber of Lawyers". Lamed
is the first letter of Lishkat (Chamber of) and Ayin
is the first letter in Orchei HaDin (Lawyers –
Literally, "those who edit the law"). Hence the symbol,
which seems to date back at least thirty years or so. Not sure
about the flag.
The symbol seems to be very widely used: lapel pins, on ties,
trophies, the bar certificates etc. ...
Nathan Lamm, 21 January 2010
The emblem itself is used since the early 1960s and
probably since the Bar Association was established (in
1961/62) in order to replace the previous "Juridical
Council" that was founded in the Mandate era (1933).
Dov Gutterman, 22 January 2010
![[ZAKA flag]](../images/i/il_zaka.jpg)
image located by William Garrison
ZAKA is a voluntary organization of community emergency-response teams; such
as for search-and-rescue teams for lost hikers, clean-up at terrorist-attack
scenes, and ambulances (My knowledge of Jewish religious customs is very weak,
but I understand these ZAKA teams go to terrorist-attack scenes and mop up the
blood and tissue of victims and dispose of the remains in some religious ritual,
rather than just wash everything down the local street drain).
The flag is blue with the logo on it. (source)
William Garrison, 24 January 2021
![[Ma'agalim flag]](../images/i/il_maaga.jpg)
image located by William Garrison
Source:
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/maagalim
Caption: Flag of the "Ma'agalim",
an Israeli national educational non-profit organization that empowers 11th and
12th-grade at-risk youth from the geographical and social peripheries of Israel
and helps them undergo a process of personal growth; c. March 2021.
William Garrison, 17 March 2021
![[MOTL logo]](../images/i/il_mol).gif)
logo image located by Esteban Rivera
An event known as the March of the Living (MOTL, מצעד החיים) is
held every year on January 27, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was
the date that Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army in 1945.
In Germany,
a 3 km march is held, from Auschwitz to Birkenau, to remember the victims of the Holocaust
(השואה). It's a symbolic recreation of the death march that Jewish
prisoners were forced to take as the Allied Forces approached Auschwitz.
For additional information go to MOTL official website.
Esteban Rivera, 3 May 2022
image by Pete Loeser, 22 May 2022
based on this photo located by Esteban Rivera
There's a commemorative flag for March of the Living, in which both,
the 70th anniversary of the establishment of
the State of Israel in 1948 and 30th anniversary of the first MOTL in 1988, are observed.
The flag is a white horizontal flag with the commemorative logo in the middle in light blue
(video here).
Esteban Rivera, 3 May 2022
![[HaShomer HaChadash]](../images/i/il_hasho.jpg)
image located by William Garrison
Flag source: https://www.hashomer.org.il/pioneer-israel-gap-year-program/
Caption: The white-field flag of the "Aardvark Israel – HaShomer HaChadash"
("Pioneer Israel"); works to ensure a stronger Jewish presence in the Negev and the Galilee.
Through its controversial pre-army program, volunteer guardsmen live on agricultural lands and patrol it
from observation posts, preventing fires and theft.
William Garrison, 21 May 2022
![[HaShomer logo]](../images/i/il_hasho-l.gif)
image located by William Garrison
![[Arkadas flag]](../images/i/il_arkadas.jpg)
image located by Martin Karner
(source)
The Arkadaş Association is an Israel-Turkey friendship organization in Yehud-Monosson, Israel. Arkadaş (pronounced Arkadash) means
"friend" in Turkish. It was founded in 1997 by Eyal Peretz. Its main goals are to preserve Turkish Jewish heritage and promote friendship and tolerance
between Israel and Turkey. In 2005, the association established a Turkish Jewish cultural center in Yehud. A monument
to Atatürk in the garden of Arkadaş Association was dedicated in 2007 in a ceremony attended by the Turkish ambassador to Israel. The organization has
over 4000 members since its inception, about 40 volunteers to run its operations and its twelve branches throughout the country.
The organization's flag shows on a white field the Turkish red crescent and star intertwined with the blue Star of David, so that the Turkish star lies in the
middle of the Star of David. At the upper end of the Jewish star, on the right side, is the inscription "ARKADAŞ", at its lower end its Hebrew
transliteration. Below all this is the Hebrew inscription "Community of Turkish immigrants in Israel". All writings are in black. The flag seems to have
a 3:2 ratio.
![[Arkadas logo]](../images/i/il_ark_logo.jpg){kind=logo}
image located by Martin KarnerThe logo, taken from the website (retrieved), shows the blue Star
of David lying in the center of the red crescent, accompanied by the red star and a blue sort of banner,
waving above the symbols. (source)
Martin Karner, 29 July 2023
![[IMA flag]](../images/i/il_ima.gif)
(8:11)
image by Tomislav Todorovic
The white-field flag of the Israeli Medical Association with its Association's logo on it
(in Hebrew & English) (source, with paywall /
picture).
William Garrison, 15 August 2023
Analyzing the relative sizes of the logo and horizontal and vertical
"margins" leads to the conclusion, that the flag ratio is the same as
that of the Israeli national flag.
Tomislav Todorovic, 15 August 2023
![[IMA logo]](../images/i/il)ima.jpg)
image located by William Garrison
![[ZDVO flag]](../images/i/il_zdvo.jpg)
image located by William Garrison
Flag of the Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization (with the organization's name in Hebrew). Caption:
"The Israeli 'Invictus Games' team at Ben Gurion Airport on September 7, 2023 as they prepare to
depart for the Invictus Games in Düsseldorf, Germany. (Courtesy of the IDF Disabled Veterans
Organization)"
(source, picture)
From the ZDVO website: "The Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization
(ZDVO) is a registered non-profit organization, established in the wake of the War of Independence (1949),
with the purpose of providing the 3400 disabled veterans from this war with all their needs towards the
long process of their rehabilitation. It is the only organization legally responsible for representing
those veterans wounded and disabled while serving in defense of the State of Israel."
located by William Garrison, 11 September 2023
![[Women's Corps Branch of Service Flag, obsolete (Armed Forces, Israel)]](../images/i/il^idf-d.gif)
image located by William Garrison, 1 May 2022
(source)
See also: Friends of the IDF (this page), Association for the Soldier in Israel
![[B'nai Zion flag]](../images/u/us_bzes.gif)
image by António Martins, 29 January 2024
Flag of the "B'nai Zion Educational Society". Lettering set in Latin capitals, presumably white: "B'nai Zion" on the
upper stripe, and "Educational Society" on the lower stripe, and in presumably blue Hebrew letters
"ציון" (Zion).
This society is still active today, promoting Jewish and Israeli ideas for an
English speaking audience. For more information see their website
bnaizion.org. (source: ebay.com)
See also drawing from the flag book
"הדגל" (HaDegel, The Flag / [niz48]
in FOTW bibliography).
located by William Garrison/António Martins, 18 September 2023
The Star of David around the name Zion is not original to this society: See
here the same basic design used in
1901 Keren Kayemet ephemera [or WW1 Flag Day Pin Badge].
António Martins, 18 September 2023
![[Youth Aliyah flag]](../images/i/il_youthaliyah.jpg)
image located by William Garrison
Flag of "Youth Aliyah", with its Hebrew name Aliyat Hano'ar (עלית הנוער) on it.
This organization cares for the rescue and immigration of young Jewish people and children. It was founded
in 1933 in Germany as a study training program, but soon became a rescue organization from the Nazi regime.
For more information see here. (source: ebay.com)
located by William Garrison, 18 September 2023
![[United Hatzalah flag]](../images/i/il_uh.jpg)
![[United Hatzalah flag]](../images/i/il_uh2.jpg)
images located by William Garrison
The diagonal version of the flag and the logo of United Hatzalah medical service (source).
United Hatzalah ("united rescue", in Hebrew: ikhud hatzalah) is an Israeli free,
volunteer-based emergency medical services organization throughout Israel with its headquarters based in
Jerusalem. Its mission is to provide immediate medical intervention during the critical window between the
onset of an emergency and the arrival of traditional ambulance assistance. It is one of many Hatzalah
organizations in various parts of the world and the only one that includes women and non-Jewish volunteers.
(source)
Source of right image above: www.israeltoday.co.il...
William Garrison, 12 October 2023/1 April 2024
![[United Hatzalah logo]](../images/i/il_uh).jpg)
image located by William Garrison
![[United Hatzalah logo]](../images/i/il_uh)_2.jpg)
image located by William Garrison/Martin KarnerThe photo with the helmet cover in the dramatic report
on jns.org [PDF] shows a variant of the logo with the English writing "United Hatzalah".
Martin Karner, 12 October 2023
![[Sar-El flag]](../images/i/il_sar-el.jpg)
image located by William Garrison
The flag contains the flag of Israel with broadened white borders above and below. On the top border is
the inscription: "Sar-El: The National Project for volunteers For Israel" (picture).
On its website the organization states its purpose as "Sar-El supporters come from around the world
and from within our country to contribute to the security of the State of Israel by assisting on IDF bases
in a logistical support role." As one volunteer detailed the work on the website: "My group was
assigned to the Southern Command base in the Negev about 20 miles southwest of Beersheva. I volunteered
for work in the field, which involved finalizing maintenance on tanks and armored personnel carriers and
then closing them up in what amounted to industrial grade zip-lock bags."
(Website, Wikipedia)
William Garrison, 10 November 2023
![[Sar-El logo]](../images/i/il_sar-el)_1.jpg)
image located by Martin Karner
![[Sar-El logo]](../images/i/il_sar-el)_2.jpg)
image located by William Garrison
![[FIDF flag]](../images/i/il_fidf.jpg)
image located by William Garrison
(source)
Established in 1981 by a group of Holocaust survivors, the FIDF is a nonprofit organization that aims
to help IDF soldiers with their cultural, educational, financial needs. The FIDF supports the soldiers,
before, during and after their military service as well as families of fallen soldiers and wounded
veterans. (Website)
![[FIDF logo]](../images/i/il_fidf).jpg)
image located by Martin Karner
![[FIDF USA logo]](../images/u/us_fidf-usa).jpg)
image located by William GarrisonHebrew inscription: "Friends of the IDF in the USA".
![[FIDF Impact! flag]](../images/i/il_fidf-impact.jpg)
image located by William Garrison
(source)
The Impact! four-year scholarships are given to former combat soldiers from low socioeconomic
backgrounds, enabling them to achieve their dreams of higher education. This program also provides funds
to cover soldiers' living expenses while they study. (source)
![[FIDF Impact! flag]](../images/i/il_fidf-impact).jpg)
image located by William Garrisonlocated by William Garrison, 4 January 2024
See also: Association for the Soldier in Israel, Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization (this page)
![[Tel-Hai Trustees flag]](../images/i/il_tht.jpg)
image located by William Garrison, 29 March 2024
Flag of the "Tel-Hai Trustees", an organization for the remembering of the battle of Tel Hai
in 1920 (Info about the battle: Wikipedia). The flag shows the
"Roaring Lion" monument of Tel Hai (see original photo),
the lion symbolizing the heroic defense of Tel Hai and their eight fallen combatants, among them their
commander Yosef Trumpeldor (see also Betar (Youth organization)). The blue circle around the lion contains the
writing "Tel-Hai Trustees" in Hebrew and Latin letters.
Website Tel-Hai Trustees: https://tel-hai.co.il/en
Photo source: https://www.timesofisrael.com...
Martin Karner, 29 March 2024
![[Lobby 1701 logo]](../images/i/il}lobby1701).jpg)
image located by Martin Karner
logo (source)
Lobby 1701 is a citizens' group that has appealed to the international community to demand the
implementation of United Nations Resolution 1701. The resolution called for a permanent ceasefire between
the Iranian-backed proxy group, Hezbollah, and Israel, which ended the Second Lebanon War in 2006. It
also specified the creation of a demilitarized zone between Israel's northern border and the Litani River
in Lebanon. Despite the presence of UNIFIL, the United Nations International Force in Lebanon, Hezbollah
has violated Resolution 1701 for the past 17 years, turning southern Lebanon into its stronghold with an
estimated 150'000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel. Since October 7, some 80'000 residents have been
evacuated from 43 communities in the Upper Galilee and northern Israel. Lobby 1701 is calling on the
international community to use all its diplomatic means to pressure Hezbollah to abide by Resolution 1701
and withdraw its forces to the Litani River.
Website Lobby 1701: https://www.lobby1701.org
News article about Lobby 1701: https://www.timesofisrael.com...
Martin Karner, 29 March 2024
![[Flag Yad Labanim]](../images/i/il_yadlab1.jpg)
image located by William GarrisonHebrew inscription: "Organization Yad Labanim" (irgun yad labanim)
![[Flag Yad Labanim]](../images/i/il_yadlab2.jpg)
image located by William GarrisonHebrew inscription: "Organization Yad Labanim | Organization for the commemoration of the martyrs of the IDF and care for families"
![[Logo Yad Labanim]](../images/i/il_yadlab).jpg)
image located by William Garrison"Yad Labanim was founded in 1949, immediately after the War of Independence. We are a non-political, non-military
organization working with the entire spectrum of Israeli society. Yad Labanim is the only organization that works to perpetuate
the memory of Israel's fallen heroes, helping their families establish a living legacy in their honor. We provide assistance,
guidance, and counseling to grieving families from every sector of Israeli society, including Jewish, Circassian, Bedouin, and
Druze Israelis, creating a community that embraces and supports them every step of their lives. Members of the organization are
bereaved parents and siblings who volunteer their time and experience to help each other." (source)
Website: https://yadlabanim.org/en
located by William Garrison, 18 May 2024
![[Flag Hands of Peace]](../images/i/il_hop.jpg)
image located by William Garrison![[Logo Hands of Peace]](../images/i/il_hop).jpg)
image located by Martin KarnerThe purple-field flag of the Israel "Hands of Peace" organization that promoted
"friendship building" between Israelis and Palestinians; c. 2020. In the middle of the flag a
white-colored logo shows two open hands releasing a "peace dove". Since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas
invasion of southwestern Israel, the Israeli military has been fighting Palestinian militants in Gaza and
the West Bank. Although the organization did not refer to the war, it shut down on March 31, 2024.
Mission statement: https://handsofpeace.org/our-mission/
Closing info: https://handsofpeace.org/19051-2/
William Garrison, 25 May 2024
See also: Peace Flags (Israel)
