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Local Council of Gedera (Israel)

Mo'atza Mekomit Gedera

by Dov Gutterman | 2:3

Emblem adopted 13th November 1958

N.B. the emblem should be in full colour, not black and white only

Description

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Description

Local Council Gedera (or Gadera) is situated in Central District, Rehovot Sub District, 10 km south to Rehovot on road 40. Founded in 1884 as the first settlement of BILU, a diaspora Zionist group, and got 11,000 inh. Its name is taken from the Bible: Divre ha'Yamim (last book) A' 4,23 and Joshua 15,36.

The flag I spotted was white with the seal on a blue device, with a Hebrew inscription on the device and an English one below the emblem. Since I only have a black and white emblem, I used it for the image, but in the flag it is in natural colours. The municipal emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot), YP 633, 13 November 1958, and is the BILU seal. Sources: author's own observation, 29 September 2001.

Dov Gutterman, 11 October 2001

Description of the BILU-seal: Mountains of Judah, and beneath the words of Isaiah 2:3, "O home of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord", and the words of the Torah (Num 13:30), "We should go up it, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it". BILU is the Hebrew abbreviation of the quoted text of Isaiah, "Beith Ya'akov Lekhu Venelkha". Source: Israel Guide, Zev Vilnay, 1978

Jarig Bakker, 11 October 2001