What ๐ฎ๐ฑ means
The flag of Israel: a blue Star of David between two blue stripes on white. It stands for the State of Israel.
Israelis and travelers use ๐ฎ๐ฑ for national pride, holidays and trips to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. It also appears in sports and Eurovision posts.
In posts about the IsraeliโPalestinian conflict, ๐ฎ๐ฑ often signals support for Israel, much as ๐ต๐ธ signals support for Palestinians, so it can draw strong reactions.
Facts
Flag: Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ is an emoji in the flags category, under country flag. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :israel: or :flag_israel:. People also look for it with words like โILโ or โflagโ.
Timeline
- 2015Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 2.0)
Design history
Google (Noto)
2015
Twemoji (X, Discord)
2016
Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.
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