Confidential reports executed by some ambassadors in Istanbul complete the picture of the Ottoman Empire’s abandonment of the Arab Land that it does not own to those who do not deserve. Such reports state that Nasi surpassed everyone during the reign of Sultan Selim II, to the extent that prompted the Venetian ambassador, “Tiopollo,” to say that: “The doctor controlled the mind of the Grand Vizier and he is aware of all the secrets of the Ottoman court

Things went too far later, when the Grand Vizier authorized Salmon Ashkenazi to conclude a peace treaty with Venice, and he was sent to Venice as an official Turkish representative, which flabbergasted the Europeans themselves. Surprisingly enough, Salmon was also assigned to conduct extremely complicated negotiations with Spain; such negotiations persisted during the period (1578 – 1586) and the outcome of which was a tentative peace between the two forces; as a result therein, the Ottoman Sultan granted the Island of Meltin to Youssef Nasi as a gift for his efforts.

Salmon provided his various services to the Aristocratic Turks and he also managed to induce the Sultan to favor a specific person over another, by taking advantage of his position with the sultan, for example, he managed to persuade the Sultan for the benefit of the Minister of Farhat Pasha by presenting an extremely precious dagger studded with precious jewels, which was given to him as a gift, thus he survived the wrath of the Sultan. In fact, arguably, the likes of Salmon and other Zionists allowed for penetration of the Ottoman administration, politics and economy at early period, and things stayed that way until the end of the nineteenth century AD.

Economically, in the sixteenth century, the collection of custom duties was managed by the Zionists. They also worked in maritime and commercial navigation, they achieved significant successes, and competed with the Venetians who had a strong fleet and ancient trade traditions.