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The flag of the State of Palestine (Arabic: علم فلسطين, romanized:ʿalam Filasṭīn) is a tricolour of three equal horizontal stripes—black, white, and green from top to bottom—overlaid by a red triangle issuing from the hoist.
This is a list of flags associated with the Palestinian people, including those of the Palestinian Authority (1993–present) and the State of Palestine (1988–present), the Palestine Liberation Organization (1964–present), and various Palestinian political and militant organizations.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) formally endorsed the flag on December 1, 1964. Israel lifted long-standing restrictions on flying the flag in 1993 after negotiations with the PLO; the flag was subsequently used by the Palestinian National Authority.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; Arabic: منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية Munaẓẓamat at-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīniyyah) is a Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people in both the Palestinian territories and the diaspora.
A modified version (changing the order of the stripes) has been used in Palestine at least since the late 1930s and was officially adopted as the flag of the Palestinian people by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964.
After Israel occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem , and the Gaza Strip in June 1967, the occupation forces detained and prosecuted anyone caught raising the Palestinian flag in those areas, on the grounds that it was the flag of the outlawed PLO.
30 wrz 2015 · History. Here’s How the Palestinian Flag Came to Be. 2 minute read. Palestinians wave their flags as they watch a live-screening of president Mahmud Abbas' speech followed by the raising of...
