The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (hereinafter: the office) offers the information on this on-line site/internet site (hereinafter: the service) pursuant to the following terms. The term "User" as follows shall mean each person who establishes or accesses a connection to the service.

COPYRIGHT

According to the law of copyright in Israel, and pursuant to international treaties, copyright in the office's publications, including those provided by the service, belong to the State of Israel. These rights apply, inter alia, to text. pictures, drawings, maps, audio tracts, video tracts, graphics and program applications (hereinafter: the protected material), unless stated explicitly that the copyright in the protected material belongs to another party.

When quoting from the protected material, User must attribute the source of the quotation, whether it be the office or a third party. User may not alter, modify or in any other fashion change the protected material, and may not do any other act which might diminish the value of the protected material in a manner which would cast aspersion on the creator of the protected material.

Subject to the law of copyright, User may not copy, redistribute, retransmit or publish protected material, without the prior written consent of the office.

PERMIT TO USE STILL PHOTOS FOR WHICH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAS FULL COPYRIGHTS

This website is operated and maintained by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (hereon, "the Ministry"). The items that appear on this website – including photographs, texts, film clips, etc. – are protected by copyright that belong to the Ministry or to third parties. All the copyrights are reserved for their owners. The items may not be copied or used in any manner, unless that is done according to the conditions of the permit detailed below or by law (for example, items whose copyrights have expired by law; proper usage; etc.).

Summary of the permit, presented for the convenience of the user and subject to the complete terms for usage.

This permit applies to still photographs that are on the website, and for which the full copyrights belong to the Ministry. One can identify the photos for which the copyrights fully belong to the Ministry for they are indicated by the words "Copyright: MFA free usage".

You may:

• Use the photo without charge that is identified by the words "Copyright: MFA free usage" for any purpose except for commercial use according to the following conditions:
• It is permitted to copy, distribute, show, and send such a photo without charge;
• It is permitted to make technical changes in such a photo in order to adapt it for usage in any other media or format.

You must:

• Indicate next to the photo the name of the photographer (when given) and the name of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

You are forbidden:

• To change the photo or to use it in any manner that would hurt the name or dishonor the State of Israel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or the photographer;
• To create derivative works or provide secondary permits for the photo (except for that which is permitted by the conditions of the abovementioned permit or by law).

A. Definitions

1. "The issuer of the permit" is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel (hereon, "the Ministry").
2. "The photographer" is the person who made the photo.
3. "The photo" is a photograph that is protected by copyrights and which is offered for usage according to the conditions of this permit.
4. "The user" is the person who uses the photo according to the terms of this permit and who has not violated them according to the terms of this permit.

B. General

1. The Ministry hereby offers the public a permit to use the still photos in this website and whose copyrights fully belong to the Ministry, according to the terms stipulated below.
2. It must be emphasized that the Ministry does not have the copyrights to all photographs that appear on the website, and that this permit is therefore issued only for those still photos for which the Ministry does have the copyrights. Such photos are indicated with the words "Copyright: MFA free usage".
3. The photos mentioned in paragraph B.2 are offered for usage subject to the conditions of this permit (hereon, "the permit"). By acting in accordance with those permitted by this permit, the user accepts the conditions of the permit and agrees to them. The permit grants the user permission, as described, in keeping with the user's agreement to these conditions.

C. Granting of the permit

Subject to the terms of this permit, the permit grants the user global permission, without royalties, without exclusivity, and without limitation in time or purpose, except for commercial use, to do with the photos in paragraph B.2 according to the following conditions.

1. Copying the photo, sending copies of it, distributing it to the public, making it available to the public and broadcasting it in any manner or format, and making technical changes in the photo, as needed in order to making it feasible for use in any necessary media or format – are permitted.
2. Creating a derivative work of the photo, especially a distortion, a defect or taking any other action that is liable to hurt the name or dishonor the photographer or the issuer of the permit – are forbidden.
3. Issuance of secondary permits – is forbidden.
4. In any usage of the photo the user must indicate the name of the photographer and the name of the Foreign Ministry which owns the website in which the photo appears.
5. To remove any doubt, the permit to use the aforementioned photos does not include those photos whose copyrights belong to parties that are outside the Ministry. Any usage of such photos, which are not indicated by the words "Copyright: MFA free usage" is subject to the user receiving the approval of the third party copyright owner.
6. To clarify, the permit does not necessarily encompass also the moral right to the photo, which belongs to the photographer. In those cases where there is a fear of harming the moral right of the photographer, the user must turn to the photographer and receive his agreement for the intended usage.
7. This permit does not enable, allow or approve an action which would constitute a tort or a violation of the instructions of any legislation, including the Law for the Protection of Privacy 1981.
8. This permit does not obligate the Ministry to upload to the website photos, some of which or all of which it has in its possession.
9. The permit is given in regards to photos that appear "as is" in the website, including their resolution in the website. The permit does not obligate the Ministry to upload the photo to the website in any other form, including a different format or resolution, or to provide the photo in any other manner, including a format or resolution that are different from those in the website.
10. Please contact the Ministry with any question regarding the extent of permitted usage and/or request to use the photo in a manner that is not permitted according to the terms of this permit – in order to receive its agreement in writing.

D. Expiration of the permit

This permit and the rights granted by it will expire immediately if there is a violation of the conditions of the permit by the user.

E. Display, responsibility, and withholding of responsibility

1. The permit, as mentioned in section C, is offered to the public "as is". Usage of the photos according to the permit is solely the user's responsibility.
2. The Ministry reserves for itself the right to change the terms of the permit at any time. In the event of a change in the terms of the permit, it would apply immediately from that point thereon, i.e., it would not apply to changes made prior to that point.
3. The Ministry reserves for itself the right to remove material from the website at any time.
4. The Ministry will not bear responsibility for adapting the permit and/or photos to the needs of the user.
5. The Ministry will not bear responsibility for changes made in the photo by the user or by any third party.
6. The Ministry will not bear responsibility towards a third party deriving from the use of the permit or usage in the website.
7. The Ministry will not bear responsibility for damage to the user or to any third party as a direct or indirect result of the usage in the website, including the downloading of photographs according to the terms of the permit, damage that would be caused due to usage of computer program applications that were downloaded directly or that were operated as a result of usage in the website and internet applications (such as Active-X, JavaScript).

F. Miscellaneous

1. Additional conditions pertaining to the agreement of the aforesaid permit:

   1. A party to this permit will not be considered as having made a concession regarding the conditions of this permit or having agreed to a violation of one of its condition, except if the concession or agreement was does in writing and the party will have signed it. This would be done in advance coordination with the Legal Advisor of the Ministry.
   2. This permit constitutes the full agreement between parties concerning the photo in question. There are no understandings, agreements or permits other than those stipulated above. The issuer of the permit will not be subject to additional conditions, which are liable to appear in any announcement by the user. Any change in the conditions of this permit are not valid, unless it was done in writing in joint agreement between the issuer of the permit and the user.

QUERIES

Please contact us with any questions about this service, or about the activities of the office.

LIABILITY

The service is provided to the public "as is".

The State of Israel shall not be held liable for the suitability of the service to User's needs. Nor shall the State of Israel be held liable for any error or mistake found in the material provided by the service.

The State of Israel shall not be held liable for any changes made in the material provided by the service if such changes were made by User or by a third party.

User alone shall bear all responsibility for the way in which he/she uses the service.

The State of Israel shall not be held liable for any loss or damage caused to User or third parties arising directly or indirectly from the use of the service, including loss or damage due to the use of applications that were downloaded directly through the service or that were activated by using the service, including ActiveX, JavaScript and Java.

For the purposes of the above terms, "The State of Israel" includes its employees and agents.