WI Napoleon founds Israel?

Like in the title, what if Napoleon wins the seige of Acre and declares a Jewish state in Palestine during his invasion of the Ottoman Empire?

Will it get destroyed by the British or do you think if Napoleon wins at Acre, he has enough momentum to permanently cripple the Ottomans?

How does this affect Zionism and European views on Judaism?
 
A Jewish state without Jews or Sionism? Right... :rolleyes:

Hey this is Napoleon we are talking about. He made something approaching Germany (Confederation of the Rhine) and ressurected Poland (Duchy of Warsaw) even inventing a Kingdom of Italy before Nationalism really took hold in those nations either.

Check out the letter itself... here
 
With all my love I feel for Napoleon, his eastern campaign was a moronic idea. Like Hitler's obsession with agriculture in the industrial era, Napoleon's vision of an eastern empire is a flawed and completely unrealistic project. Thank God for Acra...

As for a Jewish state, he wouldn't have found the necessary jews to settle in Palestina, apart from some ultrareligious families...
 
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