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Other political flags (Israel)

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Flags promoting the return to Gush Katif
Betar (Youth organization)
"Refusing to war" Flag

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Flags promoting the return to Gush Katif

"Returning home!" Flag

image located by William Garrison

Altered Israeli national flag, presented by Israeli soldiers on 13 November 2023 in Gaza during the current operation "Iron Swords". Instead of the lower blue stripe it has an orange stripe with the blue Hebrew writing "Returning home!" (khozerim habayetah). The flag on the photo from Gaza is possibly used by former Gaza residents, who had to leave their homes in the Gaza strip in 2005. (picture, source)
located by William Garrison, 30 November 2023

The photo shows soldiers holding a more correct rendering of the national flag, with top and bottom white stripes, while the Etsy ad shows the blue (and orange) stripes extending all the way to the top and bottom edges of the flag (see link below and picture).
This seems to be a popular simplification among people in the U.S. who wish support for Israel by means of flags; we've seen a few cases already.
António Martins, 10 June 2024

Variant

image by António Martins, 10 June 2024

This flag is also offered on the Etsy website (picture), with slightly different design and type font.
located by William Garrison, 30 November 2023

(New?) Flag of Neveh Dekalim (Gush Katif)

image located by William Garrison
(source | picture)

Alleged or real flag of the former Gush Kativ settlement of Neveh Dekalim (English: Palm Grove).
Beside the lettering the flag shows a splitted Star of David, from which a palm tree grows.
This sculpture has been erected in the Gush Kativ Commemoration Center in the Negev (see here), and perhaps was already known during the time of the settlements.

The Gush Katif bloc comprised 16 Jewish settlements established near the coastline in the southernmost edge of the Gaza Strip, close to the Egyptian border.
It was surrounded by the Palestinian cities of Rafah, Khan Yunis and Deir al-Balah.

located by William Garrison, 26 November 2024

"Gush Katif – we are back!" Flag

image located by William Garrison
(source | picture)

Another "return home" flag with the inscription: "Gush Katif – we are back!" (Gush Katif, khazarnu!)
(The small writings on the blue stripes are not readable).
located by William Garrison, 26 November 2024

Betar (Youth organization)

Flags of Krakow group (Poland)

images located by William Garrison

The two flags presented here are both from the Betar group in Krakow ("Ken" Krakow = nest Krakow, obviously they called their local groups nest). Date of photos: 1/7/1945
Hebrew inscription left flag: "Betar", "Hadar", "tgr" (?) (picture, source)
Hebrew inscription right flag: "Brit Trumpeldor Ken Krakow" (picture, source)

Betar is a Zionist Youth organization founded in 1923 by revisionist Zionist Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky (1880–1940). Betar is an acronym for "Brit HaNoar HaIvri al shem Joseph Trumpeldor" (Hebrew Youth League in memory of Joseph Trumpeldor) or short "Brit Trumpeldor". During the First World War, Trumpeldor, together with Jabotinsky, helped set up a Jewish unit (Jewish Legion, see Jewish units in the British Army during WWI) as part of the British army. However, unlike Trumpeldor, who pursued Zionist socialism, Jabotinsky belonged to the revisionist wing of the Zionist movement. In 1920 Trumpeldor was killed defending the Jewish settlement of Tel Hai against Arab attackers (see also Tel-Hai Trustees). The sports association of the same name was founded in 1924 (The clubs in this association often have the term Be(i)tar in their name, the most famous being Betar Jerusalem FC). During World War II, Betar members founded the Jewish Military Association, which took part in the defense of the Warsaw Ghetto. Various right-wing parties in Israel emerged from revisionist Zionism, in particular Cherut and its successor Likud. Israeli Prime Ministers Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir and PM Ehud Olmert's father were members of Betar, as was former Defense Minister Moshe Arens (See here for the Seven Principles of Betar).

Revisionist Zionism is a Jewish-conservative, anti-socialist and radical branch of Zionism, founded by Ze'ev Jabotinsky, who saw himself as the true successor of Theodor Herzl, whom he admired. The revisionist faction wanted to review and reevaluate dominating concepts of Zionism towards stronger efforts to establish a Jewish state. They also wanted to "revise" the British decision to separate Transjordan from the Mandatory Palestine territory. The revisionists were oriented towards bourgeois-conservative and national movements, and thus stood in contrast to the socialist current that predominated in Zionism. The aim of these efforts was to immigrate Jews to Palestine as quickly as possible and establish a Jewish state. Revisionists took a self-confident course towards the Arab population. Their credo was that Jews should never again be defenseless against their tormentors. Jabotinsky was convinced that the moral right over Eretz Israel was in the hands of the Jews, and explained that it was the only place in the world in which Jews could build a state, while the Arabs had many other countries in which to live. He assumed that the Arabs would always fight against Jewish settlement because they would not compromise on territory. From this he concluded that the Arabs could only be convinced through a policy of strength. He did not advocate the expulsion of the Arabs, but rather their integration, albeit in a Jewish state. Despite all his determination, Jabotinsky did not lose his humanity. In 1939 he gave the following instructions to the members of the "National Military Organization" (Irgun Tzvai Leumi, acronym Etzel), a forerunner of the IDF, in which the same morale standards can be recognized: "It is better not to shoot at all than to endanger a woman; you must concede, where possible, places where women are accustomed to gathering; you are to broadcast and print a warning in Arabic to their public, because, in these days, it won't be fitting that a man will send his wife to the market or a similar place; he will go himself; rules for a baby and the elderly – the same as for a woman."

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revisionist_Zionism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Trumpeldor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze%27ev_Jabotinsky
http://en.jabotinsky.org...

Martin Karner, 12 November 2023

"Refusing to war" Flag

image located by William Garrison

Anti-war protest flag, used by protesters at Goma junction, northern Israel, 2 August 2025.
Inscription: מסרבים למלחמה (mesarvim leMilkhamah, refusing to war)
Source: 'Hasbara' and the traitors among us (jns.org, picture)
located by William Garrison, 5 August 2025