Lepanto is such a fun thing to bring up to the islamic "you are a zioshill" crowd, as the Ottoman sultan at the time was an inept man named Selim II, who was under the thrall of his advisor Josef Nassì, "a rich and powerful Portuguese Jew, who was driven by deep hatred of Philip II and the Republic of Venice, who pushed the sultan to conquer all of the islands of the Aegean, and thus draw his foes to battle." Nassi in part convinced Selim to attack the Venetian controlled island of Cyprus.
Now here is the kicker, Selim had promised Nassi a viceregal position over the colony, and gave his blessing to Nassi's plan to begin a peculiar jewish colonization project on the island once the Venetians were defeated.
It was ONLY due to Pope Pius V's efforts to forge a holy league and defeat the Ottoman forces at Lepanto that Selim and Nassi's proto-zionist project did not take shape on the island of Cyprus.
Now here is the kicker, Selim had promised Nassi a viceregal position over the colony, and gave his blessing to Nassi's plan to begin a peculiar jewish colonization project on the island once the Venetians were defeated.
It was ONLY due to Pope Pius V's efforts to forge a holy league and defeat the Ottoman forces at Lepanto that Selim and Nassi's proto-zionist project did not take shape on the island of Cyprus.
My Turkish brother, you were the zionists.
Muslim and Jews were natural allies against the European powers until the establishment of the modern state of Israel in which both peoples decided to retcon their entire history
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