Is flag burning illegal in Israel?
Criminal offense
Deliberately burning an Israeli flag is illegal and punishable by up to three years imprisonment.
Israel is one of 53 countries classified “Criminal offense” for flag desecration — 79% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Egypt
- Criminal offense Flag desecration has been illegal in Egypt since 2014 with fines up to 30,000 pounds.
- Turkey
- Criminal offense Turkey forbids burning any nation's flag with prison sentences ranging from 3 months to 3 years.
- Saudi Arabia
- Criminal offense Disrespecting the Saudi flag, considered blasphemy, is prohibited.
- Armenia
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Armenia with imprisonment terms of up to 1 year.
- Azerbaijan
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Azerbaijan with imprisonment terms of up to 1 year.
- Bulgaria
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Bulgaria with imprisonment terms of up to 2 years.
Other laws in Israel
- Blasphemy Laws
- Criminal offense
- Holocaust Denial
- Criminal offense
- Conversion Therapy
- Partial ban
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