• The copyright of anonymous and pseudonymous works shall be protected for 70 years after the date of their publication
• It is a statute, regulation, Knesset protocol or court decision and therefore ineligible for copyright protection according to §6 of the 2007 statute
• Governmental items including items like the national flag of Palestine isn't under copyright and is in public domain according to the 1921 Trademarks Ordinance and 1938 where the source states that governmental items including national flags are not capable of receiving marks AKA trademarks.

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