Confiscated by mistake: what it might take for an owner to get their goods back

A new immigrant arrived in Israel and sent more than 1,000 holy books, which he had collected since his bar mitzvah (a Jewish coming-of-age ceremony for boys), in a separate container. The books were confiscated by the Israeli customs authority, apparently because they had been declared in the container of another new immigrant. The books were delivered by customs authorities to the Israeli National Library. Years later, the citizen filed a lawsuit against the customs authorities and the National Library to retrieve the books. How will the court rule? This is discussed in the following review, as a result of a recent court ruling.