Ink flag

Raise the flag

The ink flag was an improvised flag of Israel that was hoisted during the 1949 conquest of Eilat in the Palestinian War .

On 5 March 1949, the Israeli brigades began Negev and Golani with the operation Uvda . On March 10th, they reached the Red Sea coast . Since the soldiers did not have an Israeli flag after taking Eilat without a fight, they created an improvised flag from a white cloth that was painted with ink . The Star of David was from a first aid kit. The flag was then hoisted on site by company commander Avraham Adan . A photo of the incident taken by soldier Micha Perry was later compared to the iconic American photo Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima .

In Eilat, a bronze sculpture by the artist Bernard Reder commemorates the event.

Web links

Commons : Ink flag - collection of images, videos and audio files

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Speech on Eilat Day - 56 Years since the Raising of the Ink Flag. ( DOC ; 44 KB) Office of the Prime Minister of Israel, March 20, 2005, archived from the original on February 4, 2012 .; accessed on July 22, 2018

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Aviva Bar-Am: Tel Aviv - Beyond Bauhaus . The Jerusalem Post . Archived from the original on February 24, 2012.
↑ The Eilat Ink Flag . Government of Israel . Archived from the original on February 16, 2012.
↑ Phil Davison: General Avraham Adan: Soldier who raised the 'Ink Flag' that signaled the birth of Israel . The Independent . October 5, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2018.

[Bernard_Reder_sculpture-1] Aviva Bar-Am: Tel Aviv - Beyond Bauhaus . The Jerusalem Post . Archived from the original on February 24, 2012.

[2] The Eilat Ink Flag . Government of Israel . Archived from the original on February 16, 2012.

[3] Phil Davison: General Avraham Adan: Soldier who raised the 'Ink Flag' that signaled the birth of Israel . The Independent . October 5, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2018.