Of course Donald Trump is holding onto antiquities Israel would love to get back from Mar-a-Lago: Report
Mar-a-Lago has been in the news for the past 11 months because in August the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the Palm Beach resort and his home. Donald Trump in an effort to recover classified government documents the former president was trying to keep. There, the feds discovered that, among other things, said documents had been stored in the bathroom next to the toilet, and that yada yada yada, Trump was later charged with mass crime in June. You know this story now. what you can Are not However, know that classified documents are not the only ones that are not allowed on the resort, and that their rightful owners have serious difficulty retrieving them.
haaretz reports a completely unrelated but still astonishing story that the artifacts belong to Israel—including ancient clay lamps and ceramic candles, with the latter being “part of a national treasure collection” —found recently at Mar-a-Lago, the home of Donald Trump. They were originally shipped to the US to attend the 2019 Hanukkah event and then “stuck” in the US due to the pandemic. At the time, the Israel Antiquities Authority asked a Jewish-American donor to “keep items in his possession for a limited time, until they could be returned.” safely to Israel”. A few years passed, and a few months ago, Israeli authorities learned that they had ended up at Mar-a-Lago, where they are still standing, though not because of Israel’s lack of effort.
Based on Haaretz, Director of Antiquities Agency Eli Eskozido tried going through multiple channels to get back the mentioned items, “so far without success.” A source briefed on the situation told the news agency he wouldn’t be surprised if “the items that Israel was looking for were eventually found in some of the bathrooms there.”
To be fair, they can also be found in a storage room outside the pool near the liquor supply cabinet.
A spokesperson for Trump did not immediately respond Vanity Fairrequest comment.
