The flag: Israel emoji shows a bright white field with two bold blue stripes and a blue Star of David (Magen David) centered like a geometric bullseye. On Apple/iOS, it appears as a small, gently waving banner on a silver pole, with clean lines, a rich azure tone, and a crisply rendered six-pointed star that stays sharp even at tiny sizes. It represents the country of Israel and all the vibes that come with it—history, modern tech energy, Mediterranean beaches, and late-night shawarma runs. Visually, it’s instantly recognizable thanks to the two horizontal blue bars hugging the top and bottom and that unmistakable hexagram in the middle.
Online, people drop this flag for travel flexes (Tel Aviv sunsets, Dead Sea selfies), food posts (hummus supremacy debates), sports hype, Eurovision reactions, and Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut) celebrations. You’ll see it in bios to signal heritage or solidarity, and in news threads where it can telegraph support, identity, or just “this topic is about Israel—enter at your own pace.” Paired with ✡️ or 🕎, it leans cultural; paired with 🥙 or 🍋, it’s foodie; paired with 💙🤍, it’s pure pride. Meme-wise, it can be used playfully—flag drop to announce landing in Ben Gurion, or ironically to caption “when the hummus hits different.” It also shows up in startup brag posts (hello, “Startup Nation”) and academic or tech wins. The silhouette on iOS—slight 3D shading, tight geometry, and vivid blue—makes it pop in timelines and comment sections alike.
The country of Israel is represented by this flag.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1312 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
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| Previous Names: | Regional Indicator Symbol Letters IL Israel |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🇮🇱 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🇮🇱 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🇮 🇱 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🇮 🇱 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f1ee, 1f1f1 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1EE, U+1F1F1 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127470, 127473 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAE, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB1 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 AE, F0 9F 87 B1 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 256, 360 237 207 261 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDEE, 0xD83C 0xDDF1 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddee, d83cddf1 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56814, 55356 56817 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1EE 0x0001F1F1 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1EE, 01F1F1 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127470, 127473 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1EE\U0001F1F1" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xae\xf0\x9f\x87\xb1" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDEE\uD83C\uDDF1" |
