Terms Of Use

You must:

• Indicate – next to the photograph – the name of the photographer and the Government Press Office

You are prohibited from:

• Altering the photograph or using it in any way that harms the name or the reputation of the State, the Government Press Office or the photographer.
• Using the photograph for commercial advertising or political activity.
• Creating derivative works, or using the photograph in any other manner (apart from what you are permitted, as per the foregoing).
• Using the photograph in any manner that violates the law.

A. General

1. The Ministry hereby offers the public a
license to use the photographs on the Site, the copyright of which belongs to
the State of Israel, in accordance with the following. It will be emphasized
that the State of Israel does not hold the copyright to all photographs that
appear on the Site, and this license is – therefore – granted only in regard to
those photographs for which the State of Israel holds the copyright.

2. The aforesaid photographs are offered for
use subject to the terms of this license (hereinafter "the License").
The License is given in regard to individual copies of the photographs only.
The License is not given in regard to other protected material on the Site or
in regard to the entire Site, including as a collection, and it is hereby
clarified that copying the collection of photographs in its entirety - is
prohibited.

3. By realizing any of the rights granted
according to this License, the User (as defined below) accepts, and consents
to, the terms of the License. The Licensor (as defined below) grants the User
the rights described herein subject to the User's consent to these terms.

B. Definitions

1. "The Licensor" is the Prime
Minister's Office of the State of Israel.

2. "The Original Author" is the
person or entity that created the work.

3. "The Photograph" is the
copyright-protected photograph being offered according to the terms of this
License.

4. "The User" is the person or
entity realizing the rights according to the conditions of this License and
that has not previously violated the conditions of this License.

C. Granting a License

Subject to the terms of this License, the
Licensor hereby grants the User a global, non-exclusive license, without
royalties, which is unlimited vis-à-vis time and which is for any purpose –
apart from use in the framework of commercial advertising of any kind,
including the promotion of goods, services or anything whatsoever, and apart
from use in the framework of political activity – to use the photographs to
which it holds the copyright, in the following ways and subject to the
following conditions:

1. Copying the Photograph, distributing the
copies thereof, displaying it publicly, broadcasting it, performing it in
public and granting a subsidiary license to use the photograph, provided the
user does not distort, damage, alter or use it in any other fashion, including
in any context, which diminishes the value of the work or which may – in the
opinion of the Original Author or of the Licensor –cast aspersion on the
Original Author or of the Licensor.

.This article will be deemed to have been
violated if the Original Author or the Licensor give notice that, in his
opinion, the User committed one or more of the aforesaid acts.

2. In any use of the Photograph, the User
must indicate the name of the photographer and the Government Press Office.

3. The rights detailed in paragraph #1 above
may be realized in any media or format. The aforesaid rights include the right
to make such technical changes as are necessary in order to realize the rights
in other media or formats but apart from this, the User is not given the right
to make changes in the Photograph or create derivative works or carry out any
action regarding the Photograph that are not enumerated in this paragraph,
unless the Licensor gave him advance written consent. In this regard, one may
contact the Ministry at the address that appears below.

4. For the avoidance of doubt, the right to
use the aforesaid Photographs does not include photographs the copyright of
which belongs to third parties other than the State of Israel. On the Site there
are photographs which bear the explicit notice "© Copyright held by the
photographer,". The use of these photographs requires the prior permission
of their copyright holders.

5. It will be pointed out that the License
does not necessarily include the moral right to the Photograph, and it is
possible that this belongs to the Original Author. In the event of concern for
the infringement of the Original Author's moral right, the User must apply to
the Original Author of the Photograph and settle this issue with him.

6. Making use of the Photograph in a manner
that deviates from this License is subject to advance permission from the
Licensor or the copyright holders, as the case may be.

6. Making use of the Photograph in a manner
that deviates from this License is subject to advance permission from the
Licensor or the copyright holders, as the case may be.

D. Expiry of the License

This License and the rights granted herein
shall expire and terminate immediately upon the User's violation of the
conditions of the License.

E. Warranties, Liability and Limitation of
Liability

Site contents

* The License in paragraph C above is offered
to the public "As Is". Use of the License is at the responsibility of
the User alone.

* The State of Israel reserves the right to
change the Terms of use on the Site, the contents of the Site and the terms of
the License at any time.

* The State of Israel reserves the right to
remove material from the Site at any time.

* The State of Israel shall not be liable for
the suitability of this License to the 
the User's needs.

* The State of Israel shall not be liable for
changes made to the material presented under this License by the User or by any
third party.

* The State of Israel shall not be liable
towards any third party, arising from 
the use of the License or Site.

* The State of Israel shall not be liable for
any damage caused to the User or to any third party as a direct or indirect
result of use of the Site including downloading of photographs according to the
terms of the License, damage caused as result of use of the software
applications that were downloaded directly via the service or were activated as
a result of use of the Site and internet applications (such as Java, Active-X
and JavaScript).

F. Links

* This Site contains links to other sites.
The provisions below apply to the use of these links without limiting the
remaining provisions in these "Terms of Use". The links are solely
designed for the convenience of the User. Note that in general, the State of
Israel is not directly, indirectly or contributorily responsible for,  links, presented on the Site, to external
sites not maintained by the State of Israel  (hereinafter – "Third-Party Sites").
It will be clarified that the State has no information regarding the various
materials on the Third-Party Sites directed to by the links, or regarding
updates thereon and it does not supervise these sites, including their content.
The State of Israel and the owners of the Third-Party Sites have no legal or
commercial relations affecting the content of Third-Party Sites. Links to
Third-Party Sites shall not be construed as an endorsement, recommendation or
favoring by the State of Israel or by the Ministry of said Third Party Sites,
including documents and other materials to be found therein, of the operators
of said sites or of products offered on said sites.

G. Miscellaneous

1. Additional terms regarding the aforesaid
License agreement:

a) A party to this License will not be
considered as having waived any term of this License or as having agreed to the
violation of any of its terms unless the waiver or agreement was made in
writing and signed by said party. This will be done with advance coordination
with the Legal Advisor of the Ministry.

b) This License constitutes the full
agreement between the parties regarding the work in question. There are no
understandings, agreements or warranties that have not been detailed herein.
The Licensor will not be subject to additional terms which may appear in any
message from the User. This License may not be altered without the joint consent
in writing of the Licensor and the User.

2. Confidentiality – Personal
information submitted to the Ministry via this Site will remain confidential in
accordance with the provisions of the Protection of Privacy Act, 1981.

3. Official Publications of the State of
Israel – In the event of any contradiction or discrepancy between material
published on the Site and material appearing in official, written publications
of the State of Israel, only the material in the aforesaid official
publications shall be deemed correct.

H. Contacting the Ministry

H. Contacting the Ministry

Any question regarding this Site, and other
questions regarding the activities of the Ministry,  may be sent directly via email at : gpophoto@press.pmo.gov.il.

I. Translation/Versions

To the extent that any contradiction or
inaccuracy is discovered between the Hebrew version of the "Terms of
Site Use and License to Use State Photographs" and that of any
other language, the Hebrew version shall prevail.