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2023-10-13 02:58:05 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 871D10B121471432A5C7A0C4943F6E4D6C66AD8DA8440D178CD8CFB45B0C7A43
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Original Note:
While there were claims in the past that the 2 stripes represent the Nile and Euphrates, in fact the stripes on the Israeli flag are intended to symbolize the stripes on a tallit (the traditional Jewish prayer shawl). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Israel#:~:text=The%20blue%20stripes%20are%20intended%20to%20symbolize%20the%20stripes%20on%20a%20tallit%2C%20the%20traditional%20Jewish%20prayer%20shawl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Israel#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20boundaries%20of%20the%20Promised%20Land%20given%20in%20the%20Book%20of%20Genesis%2C%5B24%5D%20Palestinians%20including%20Yasser%20Arafat%20and%20Hamas%20have%20claimed%20that%20the%20two%20blue%20stripes%20on%20the%20Israeli%20flag%20represent%20the%20Nile%20and%20Euphrates%20rivers%20and%20allege%20that%20Israel%20desires%20to%20eventually%20seize%20all%20the%20land%20in%20between.
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