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Joseph Nasi is best known to history for his attempt to resettle the towns of Tiberias and Safed in 1561.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nasi#cite_note-Gordon.2C_p.209.3B_Stillman.2C_p.52-10 He was the first person to attempt to restore a Jewish Palestine by practical means, as opposed to waiting for the Messiah.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nasi#cite_note-11
Nasi secured a grant giving ruling authority from the Sultan, and, with the assistance of Joseph ben Adruth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nasi#cite_note-Gordon.2C_p.209-12 rebuilt the walls and the town. He also attempted to turn it into a silk center by planting mulberry trees and encouraging craftsmen to move there.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nasi#cite_note-Gordon.2C_p.209-12 Arrangements were made for Jews to move from the Papal States, but, when the Ottomans and the Republic of Venice went to war, the plan was abandoned.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nasi#cite_note-Gordon.2C_p.209.3B_Stillman.2C_p.52-10
WI Nasi's plan was successful and a Jewish Palestine was established under Sultan's protection? How is this affecting History? Any thoughts?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nasi#cite_note-Gordon.2C_p.209.3B_Stillman.2C_p.52-10
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