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# Miscellaneous Flags (Israel e.a.)

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- Jewish Flag as Sign of Resistance (Germany)
- Ran Gvili Remembrance Flag
- Asaf Hamami Remembrance Flag
- Solidarity Flag for Freed Hostages
- Metal Flag at Matan Lookout (Samaria)
- Israel-Iran Friendship Flag (United Kingdom)

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Miscellaneous Flags (Index)

## Jewish Flag as Sign of Resistance (Germany)

image located by Martin Karner
(source)

Vertical Jewish flag, split of a white and blue stripe, with a white Star of David on the blue field (115x90.5 cm). Presumably, the horizontal version of the flag would have the blue stripe at the top (and the star accordingly oriented).
This flag was hung by the 29-year-old Berlin textile trader Martin Friedländer on 1 October 1935, the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah, from the window of his apartment at Linienstrasse 196 – thus setting a confident example against the racist legislation of the Nuremberg Laws.
With the enactment of the Nuremberg Laws on September 15, 1935, Jews in Germany were relegated to second-class citizenship. Among other things, they were forbidden from flying the Reich flag, but "displaying the Jewish colours" was expressly permitted. In protest, Martin Friedländer had this blue and white flag, the traditional colours of Zionism, with a Star of David made. A photographer from the Nazi propaganda paper "Der Angriff" (the attack) took a picture of the house. The accompanying article stated gloatingly: "On today's Jewish holiday, the Jewish national flag was displayed for the first time on a house in northern Berlin. The colours are blue and white with the six-pointed star. This finally puts an end to the guesswork about what the Jewish flag actually looks like." In June 1939, Martin Friedländer emigrated to Australia, taking his flag with him. In his new home, he changed his surname to Fried-Lander. He married an Australian woman and ran an import company with her until 1966. In 1980, Martin Fried-Lander donated the flag to the Jewish Department of the Berlin Museum, the predecessor of today's Jewish Museum Berlin (the present location of the flag). (source)
Martin Karner, 30 November 2025

## Ran Gvili Remembrance Flag

image located by William Garrison
(picture, source)

Memorial remembrance flag for Master Sgt. Ran Gvili (24), the remaining Israeli hostage body in Gaza. It was presented during a gathering held by members of Kibbutz Alumim in honor of Gvili, who was killed on October 7, 2023 in defense of the kibbutz. His murderers, the Hamas [or Islamic Jihad] terrorists from Gaza, abducted his body to Gaza. The gathering took place near Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on January 9, 2026 (Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90). On the flag's left side there is a facial drawing of Ran Gvili. The Hebrew on the top blue stripe reads "Rani Gvili"; on the bottom stripe "(We are) waiting for you at home!"
Gvili, a member of the Yasam police counter-terror unit, was on medical leave at the time, awaiting surgery on his broken shoulder following a motorcycle accident. Nevertheless, when he heard of the attack, he put on his uniform and headed toward the front line. (source, source)
[Ran Gvili's return on 26 January 2026 marked the first time since 2014 that no Israeli hostages, dead or alive, were being held inside Gaza. No hostages were rescued or reported by Palestinians.]
William Garrison/Martin Karner, 16 January 2026

## Asaf Hamami Remembrance Flag

image located by Esteban Rivera
(picture, source)

Commemorative flag in remembrance of IDF Lt. Colonel Asaf Hamami, killed in action on October 7, 2023, after his remains were handed over to Israel.
Picture caption reads: "Family and friends of Col. Asaf Hamami during his funeral in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday [4 Nov. 2025], behind a flag bearing his likeness. (photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)".
Esteban Rivera, 3 February 2026

## Solidarity Flag for Freed Hostages

image located by Esteban Rivera
(picture, source)

On October 13, 2025, 20 Israeli men, including two IDF soldiers, were released by Hamas into the custody of the Red Cross and returned to Israel, among them Bar Kupershtein (an IDF soldier on leave when taken captive), who holds an Israeli flag with a Magen David on each side, accompanied by the following inscription: "בורא עולם | של | בידיים | תמיד" (Always | in the hands | of | the creator of the world). (sources: jfeed.com, france24.com)
Esteban Rivera, 16 February 2026

## Metal Flag at Matan Lookout (Samaria)

image located by William Garrison
(picture, alamy.com)

Caption: The Israeli flag made from steel placed at Matan Lookout overlooking the hills of Samaria also known as Nablus Mountains located on the Gidonim ridge (a hilltop on which several Jewish settlements are located), above the Israeli settlement of Itamar in the West Bank [Judea and Samaria]. (source)
William Garrison, 24 February 2026

See also:
- The 'Ink Flag' at Eilat (monument)
- Metal Flag on Yom Kippur War Memorial

  ## Israel-Iran Friendship Flag (United Kingdom)

  image located by William Garrison
  (picture, source)

  Israel-Iran friendship flag (Iran flag with state emblem before 1979). Seen in Golders Green, Barnet, N. London, England, early March 2026.
  William Garrison, 8 March 2026