Apparently it was Lord Palmerston around 1840 who saw that in the Ottoman Empire France was the protector of Catholics while Russia was the protector of the Orthodox Christians. Lord Shaftesbury persuaded Lord Palmerston that Great Britain should become the protector of the Jews. Shaftesbury was the original Christian Zionist. Palmerston saw how becoming the protector of the Jews could benefit Great Britain.
Was Lord Palmerston on crack?
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