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Student falls to death at Tunisian institution after attempting to hang Palestinian flag

Tunisian student falls to death after attempting to hang Palestinian flag

By Mathilda Heller

A Tunisian Jewish man walks in Hara Kebira, the main Jewish quarter in the resort island of Djerba, during the annual Jewish pilgrimage, on May 24, 2024.

Tunisian Jew arrested in Djerba, social media claims arrest politically motivated

By Mathilda Heller

An Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1910.

My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate

By HEN MAZZIG/JTA

Interior of La Ghriba Synagogue, Djerba, Tunisia

Man sets himself alight outside synagogue in Tunisia

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

TUNISIAN PRESIDENT Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali maintained low-key relations with Israel during the 1990s, before breaking ties during the Second Intifada. Here, he poses for an official picture in front of the Tunisian flag in 1998.

Tunisia's Ben Ali and diplomatic shadows with Israel

By ALEX WINSTON

THEN-PALESTINIAN Authority head and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat gestures during a speech in Ramallah, 2004.

Yasser Arafat’s legacy: The death of Palestinian statehood

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A Tunisian flag flutters atop of the Palace of Justice building in Tunis, Tunisia May 13, 2024.

Tunisian presidential candidate arrested ahead of election

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

A general view of the rescue ship Geo Barents, after Italy allowed the disembarkation of immigrant children and sick people, in the port of Catania, Italy, November 7, 2022.

Irregular migration to Italy dramatically decreases as migrants accumulate in Tunisia

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

Sub-Saharan African migrants gather in a field where they live, in Jebiniana, Tunisia September 4, 2023.

Tunisians mount anti-migrant protests, citing perceived government failures

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

A customer stands in front of empty shelves for some coffee products inside a supermarket in Tunis, Tunisia September 3, 2022.

Experts advocate for Tunisian food sovereignty as a path to independence

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

As African migration to Europe spikes, Tunisia takes center stage in Italy’s foreign policy agenda

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

Florentine Cookies

Pascale's Kitchen: Tu Bishvat & the Tunisian Festival of Sons

By PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN

Supporters of Tunisia's Salvation Front opposition coalition carry banners and flags during a protest against Tunisia's President Kais Saied, marking two years since Saied began amassing power, amidst a heatwave in Tunis, Tunisia July 25, 2023

Prominent critic of Tunisia's Saied gets suspended jail term

By REUTERS

Police officers stand guard near the site of a suicide bombing attack in downtown Tunis, Tunisia June 27, 2019.

Tunisia says escaped Islamist convicts believed to be behind bank robbery

By REUTERS

Police officers stand guard near the site of a suicide bombing attack in downtown Tunis, Tunisia June 27, 2019.

Five Islamist convicts escape from Tunisian jail

By REUTERS

People gather during a protest after hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other, in front of the French embassy in Tunis, Tunisia October 17, 2023

Historic synagogue in Tunisia heavily damaged in anti-Israel riots

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Pro-Palestinian supporters set fire on banners depicting U.S. and Israeli flags, during a rally calling for an end to the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 11, 2023.

US Embassy in Tunisia to close two days due to expected pro-Palestinians protests

By REUTERS

President of Tunisia's Free Destourian Party Abir Moussi speaks to the media during a protest demanding the dissolution of parliament and asking for early legislative elections, in Tunis, Tunisia November 20, 2021.

Tunisia detains Abir Moussi, prominent opponent of president

By REUTERS