Israel — how to identify

Script: Hebrew (Abjad)

Name: Hebrew (עברית — Ivrit)

Style: Consonant-based script written right to left

Final-form letters (used only at the end of a word): ך ם ן ף ץ

Examples: ישראל (Israel), שלום (peace / hello), בית (house), רחוב (street), חנות (shop), מים (water)

Quick visual giveaway: Right-to-left text with square, disconnected letters (א ב מ ש ת) and no cursive connections = Hebrew.

Type: Private

Shape: Long or Short

Background: Yellow

Text: Black

Additional details: Vertical blue band on the left or blue dot n the center

Shape: Cylinder

Material: Concrete

Color: Black-and-white stripes

The flag of Israel features a white field with two horizontal dark sky-blue stripes at the top and bottom, representing a tallit (Jewish prayer shawl).

Centered between the stripes is a blue Star of David

Sometimes concrete guardrails have white marks

Camera: Generation 3

Car: Regular sedan

Color: Mostly Black, extremely rare silver

Additional details (unique): Mostly with long or short antenna on the back. Extremely rare without antenna

Local stop signs display a stylised red hand inside the octagon

Regular stop signs without spelling the word ‘STOP’ are also common

Shape: White block edged by a thick coloured border

Color: Red, green or blue border and number with white background

Additional details: Along highways on a metal cylinder pole

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Regular sedan

Color: Black or fully blurred

Additional details (unique): The black front part of the car is visible sometimes

It's a flat white plastic marker with a diagonal top.

A black stripe runs diagonally across the middle with a reflector on it. There is a white rectangle on the front and two white circles on the back, all on the black part

Background: Black

Arrows: Bold white

Yellow background with bold black numbers