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The siege was lost to the Ottoman Empire and the plan was never carried out. Some historians, including Nathan Schur in Napoleon and the Holy Land, believe that the proclamation was intended purely for propaganda purposes, and others, like Ronald Schechter, that it was merely a rumor of which there is no evidence.[3] Some believe that the proclamation was made in order to win the heart of Haim Farhi, the Jewish advisor to the ruler of Acre, Ahmed al Jazzar, and to bring him over to Napoleon's side, as Farhi was the actual commander of the defence of Acre on the field. In 1940, Franz Kobler claimed to have found a detailed version of the proclamation from a German translation.[4] Kobler's claim was published in the official periodical of the Zionist Organisation, The New Judaea.[5] His detailed version went significantly further than the Le Moniteur quote of 1799. Rather than simply requesting help to liberate Jerusalem, the Franz Kobler version suggests the invitation was to create a Jewish state,[6] and includes phrases such as "Rightful heirs of Palestine!" and "your political existence as a nation among the nations", more commonly associated with the zionist movement which began approximately a century later.[6] The document has since been claimed to be a forgery.[7][8][9]

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