Flag of the Treinta y Tres Flag of the Treinta y Tres The Flag of the Treinta y Tres is one of the three official flags of Uruguay, alongside with the Flag of Uruguay and the Flag of Artigas. It pays homage to the disembarkation of the "Thirty-Three Orientals" at Agraciada Beach, on April 19, 1825. It has three horizontal stripes, the top one blue representing greatness, the central one white as symbol of the Republic and the bottom one red in honor of the blood of those who died for freedom and independence. It carries Uruguay's national motto "Libertad o Muerte" (Freedom or Death) on
Flag of Israel accept the ... nonsense about the blue stripes on the flag, which was designed according to the colours of the traditional tallit (prayer shawl)". Israel and Zionism critic Israel Shahak states in his "The Zionist Plan for the Middle East" he states: ...the persistent, and completely false declarations, which were made by some of the most important Arab leaders, that the two blue stripes of the Israeli flag symbolize the Nile and the Euphrates, while in fact they are taken from the stripes of the Jewish praying shawl (Talit). Saqr Abu Fakhr, an Arab writer, has also spoken out against