Flag of Somalia come up with a design in preparation for independence. The flag was first used in the Trust Territory of Somaliland and the short-lived State of Somaliland, which united on July 1, 1960, to form the Somali Republic. As an ethnic flag, the five-pointed white "Star of Unity" in its center represents the areas where the Somali ethnic group has traditionally resided, namely Djibouti, Somaliland (former British occupied land), the Ogaden region in Ethiopia, the North Eastern Province in Kenya, and southern Somalia (former Italian colony). The Somali flag's light blue backdrop was originally influenced by the flag of the United
Flag of Israel as navy blue, to hues about 75% toward pure cyan and shades as light as very light blue. The flag was designed for the Zionist Movement in 1891. The basic design recalls the ' (), the Jewish prayer shawl, which is white with black or blue stripes. The symbol in the center represents the Star of David (', ), a Jewish symbol dating from late medieval Prague, which was adopted by the First Zionist Congress in 1897. In 2007, an Israeli flag measuring and weighing was unfurled near the ancient Jewish fortress of Masada, breaking the world record for the