The Flag of Israel part II
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May 7, 2008, 8:36 am
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The basic design recalls the Tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl, which is white with blue stripes. The hexagram in the centre is the Magen David (“shield of David”). It became a Jewish symbol starting in late medieval Prague, and was adopted by the First Zionist Congress in 1897.
The Israelites used an indigo colored dye called tekhelet; this dye is now believed to have been made from the snail Murex trunculus : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murex_trunculus
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