File:Red script Palestine flag.svg
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English: An unofficial flag used by the Arab League to represent Palestine between 1945 and 1955.[source http://www.rbvex.it/asiapag/palestis.html#pales]
According to the 2004 article "The Orange and the `Cross in the Crescent': Imagining Palestine in 1929" by Tamir Sorek in the journal Nations and Nationalism, "In 1955, Ya'qub Khuri, the director of the Palestine department in the Arab League, suggested adding another flag to represent Palestine -- the word Palestine in red on a white background, which would symbolise the bloody state of Palestine. This flag was raised indeed in the Palestinian offices in the Arab League until it was removed due to the protest of the Prime Minister of the `All Palestine Government'..." |
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