Israel Road & Traffic Signs

Signs giving orders

With the exception of the "Stop" and "Yield" signs (an octagon and a downward-pointing triangle), signs giving orders are circular.

Prohibitory signs 

Prohibitory signs take the form of a black-on-white symbol inside a red-bordered circle, sometimes with the addition of a red slash through the symbol (e.g. "No left turn").

Mandatory Road Signs

Mandatory signs bear a white symbol on a blue disk (e.g. "Turn right only")

Information signs

Signs giving information are generally rectangular (sometimes pointed at one end in the case of direction signage).

Highways in Israel are classified as national (single-digit number), inter-city (two digits), regional (three digits), or local (four digits), and route-marker signs are also colour-coded (respectively: blue, red, green, and brown) according to these classes.

Directional Road Signs

Most directional signs to towns and cities are white-on-blue (motorways), white-on-green (other main roads), black-on-white (local destinations), or white-on-brown (tourist destinations: landmarks, historical sites, nature reserves etc.).

Street Information Signs

Street-name signs are black on a white background

Parking Signs

The sign for permitted parking features a white-on-blue "P" for "parking" enclosed by the Hebrew letter "Chet" ("ח") for chanaya" ( חניה‎), which also means "parking").

Know these important road signs