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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cplradar, post: 7870242, member: 108985&quot;]Two things.&nbsp; The ending of trade in antiquities from Israel is NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.&nbsp; The Jewish Diaspora is depending on a flow and extremely hungry for a connection to their roots and it is a founding interest of the State of Israel to promote and serve that historical connection between the Land of Isreal and the Jewish people.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the vendor, I know nothing specific of him, but the pointed thread, IMO, is weak and has several inaccuracies, the first of which is that antiquities are highly regulated.&nbsp; They are not.&nbsp; There are licenses, and those that are licensed have broad license to deal.&nbsp; And if you have ever been to the country, Antiquities are everywhere.&nbsp; They flow out of every corner of the country.&nbsp; Unless they strip search ever passenger on every airline, they will never end the open sales and dealings from the country.&nbsp; When they DO this, they are looking for bombs, not widows mites...</p><p><br /></p><p>One more thing.&nbsp; Israel is flooded with archeologist.&nbsp; The market and the archeologist are highly integrated, and co-dependent... as it should be.&nbsp; Museums have little to worry about with Israeli artifacts.&nbsp; Tourists have more to worry about with fake 10th BCE oil lamps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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