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Israel’s flag. The ol’ star and two stripes, rendered on a white background in a deep blue, has become a symbol of Israel — which is good because that’s literally the one job that a flag has to ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...