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video located by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 7 April 2024
Flag from the Belgian Group "Belgium stands with Israel". Israeli national flag with Star of
David in Belgian colours (black-yellow-red). On the top blue stripe the inscription
in Latin letters: "Belgium stands with Israel". On the bottom blue stripe the same wording in
Hebrew (Belgia omedet am Israel; עם also having the meaning of by, with).
located by William Garrison, 6 April 2024
video located by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 7 April 2024
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com... (Video from 2015, flags showed at 1:22 and 2:04)
https://indianexpress.com... (news report from 11 Oct 2023, picture)
image by António Martins, 10 March 2025
Variant (or former) flag. Belgian national flag with white inscription:
"BELGIUM STANDS WITH ISRAEL".
Source: https://www.youtube.com... (Video from
2014, flag shown at 0:02 and 0:20, picture)
Youtube channel of "Belgium stands with Israel": https://www.youtube.com/@BelgiumwithIsrael
located by Martin Karner, 8 April 2024
No idea about the other side [of the flag]. The video scene suggests that this was created to be
held in procession during demonstrations and otherwise hanging from walls, with grommets all around.
It is at least, however, a flag-based design. Ratio ~1:2 (in sharp constrast with the official
ratio of the Belgian national flag, less oblong than most at 13:15).
Also contrasting with the usual/official national flag of Belgium, the
shade of yellow is amber, not bright/medium yellow, like on the flag of
Germany. That can be determined by the evident contrast between the
white letters and their background on the middle stripe. The inscription
is set on the flag as two rows of two words each, in bold serifless capitals, with a black dropshow
at the lower fly side.
António Martins, 10/11 March 2025
image located by William Garrison
Israeli national flag with inscription on the bottom strip: "Together we (will) win!" (beyakhad nenatseakh),
seen at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.
It cannot be seen whether the top strip is also written on.
(source; picture)
"Together we win!" is also the title and refrain of a popular song in Israel. After the attacks of
October 7, 2023, and especially during the following war in Gaza, this motto has become very popular in the
country;
it became a confession and call for unity, determination and strength. For the lyrics of
the song and performance by Israeli singer Sarit Hadad see
here.
located by William Garrison, 14 May 2024
image located by William Garrison
Solidarity flag for captive hostages held by Hamas. On yellow background the black Hebrew inscription "Shoulder
to Shoulder" (katef el katef), between the words a light red or orange solidarity ribbon.
While the inscription is imprinted, the ribbon could be hand-painted.
(source; picture)
located by William Garrison, 14 May 2024
image located by William Garrison
(source)
Flag or banner, mimicking the Israeli national flag, with a sand glass instead of the Star of David (picture).
The sand glass consists of the two equilateral blue triangles, which normally form the Star of David,
showing the yellow sand flowing from the upper triangle into the lower one. This should symbolize the time
running out for the victims held by Hamas. The flag/banner was shown at a meeting between family members
of hostages and politicians in the Knesset on 20 May 2024
(source).
located by William Garrison, 25 May 2024
image located by William Garrison
(source)
Solidarity banner for the abducted hostages still in Hamas captivity (Hostages Square, near the Tel
Aviv Museum of Art, picture). The banner shows an Israeli
national flag in large format, covered with 192 portrait photos of hostages.
There are Hebrew inscriptions on the blue stripes and in the center of the Star of David. Inscription
on the upper stripe: "Our hearts are with the abductees". Inscription on the Star of David:
"Brothers forever" (akhim lenatseakh).
Inscription on the lower stripe: "Beit Jen sympathizes with the families of the abductees".
located by William Garrison, 25 May 2024
image located by William Garrison
(source)
The national flag of Israel with a remembrance "Yellow Ribbon" intertwined with the centered
Star of David; c. early May 2024, as seen in NYC and Israel (picture).
The Yellow Ribbon symbol became widely known
in civilian life in the 1970s. It was the central theme of the popular song: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon
Round the Ole Oak Tree" (written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown), as the sign a released
prisoner requested from his wife or lover to indicate that she would welcome him home. Following the
U.S.Iraq Gulf War of 199091, many U.S. families tied a yellow ribbon around their front-yard
trees as a "Welcome Home" sign for their returning military personnel. This Israel version
symbolizes the desire that Israelis, captured during the Oct. 7, 2023 invasion by Hamas into southwestern
Israel, be returned to Israel soon, and that, meanwhile, they will not be forgotten.
See also Picture: Flag erected by Mevasseret Zion local council (source).
William Garrison, 25 May 2024
image located by Martin Karner/Zachary Harden
(source)
This flag looks like a memorial flag to one of the dead who owned this vehicle. I was able to use the
Hebrew term for this memorial (קיר המכוניות,
kir ha'mekhoniot = the car wall) and was able to find a clearer picture
of the flag here
and here (picture).
Also on the car itself, there are stickers and notes with the same face as the flag.
This page on X (picture)
also shows the flag. After I scanned the QR code in the second photo, I was able to see that the man on the
flag is Ben Binyamin Shimoni. Information about his car is at https://dialogue-landing.co.il/?page_id=6828 [in Hebrew and English scroll down for his heroic act of rescue]
and how it was tied to the events of October 7th. There are other links, including a memorial Instagram page.
This Instagram page
(picture) confirms that it's the flag that belongs to his car.
Zachary Harden, 28 September 2024
See also: The Car Wall (Wikipedia)
More photos of The Car Wall (Wikimedia)
image located by William Garrison
(source | picture)
This black-white flag is designed like a military unit flag, but perhaps is a humoristic fantasy flag.
The horizontal inscription says "Marketing Team" (tsevet shivuk).
located by William Garrison, 26 November 2024
image located by Martin Karner
(source | picture)
Solidarity flag for abducted hostages in a commentary article of jewishnews.co.uk from 3 September 2024.
The flag is shown on a photo taken on Parliament Square, London. It shows 116 portrait photos of hostages
on a black background. The photos are arranged around a free rectangle in the center, which contains the
Hebrew writings "Look them in the eyes" (upper line, in white), and "We are committed to bring
them home!" (lower line, in red). Below, in the third line, there is the English hashtag
"#BringThemHomeNow" (in white, "Now" in red). On the bottom black border of the flag there
is a small Hebrew inscription which is not discernable entirely (it contains the words "abducted"
and "missing").
Martin Karner, 27 February 2025