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Israeli by design
By Dalia Karpel

For many people, the very essence of Israeliness is expressed in the visual icons that came into being in the early decades of the state (and some even earlier) - from the scallop-edged agora coin and the bedroom slippers that went everywhere to the cottage cheese container that can still be found in almost every refrigerator in the country.

The Duck

Elite's Red Cow

Matkot (beach paddleball)

Uzi submachine gun

El Al logo and image

The Dubon

Hamegaper slippers

Elite instant coffee

Rummikub

Sussita

Covers of Sifria La'am books, first series

Srulik

Knitted kippa

Brain bag (tik sekhel)

The Postal Service deer

Solar water heater

Mifal Hapayis (National Lottery) booths

Peace Now

Biblical sandals

Tnuva cottage cheese

Dressed for the desert

Windshield sun-shade

Haim, the typeface

The agora, 1960

The Likud logo

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