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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

Ennahda Party

Supporters cheer outside the army-barricaded parliament building in the capital Tunis on July 26, 2021, after the president dismissed the prime minister and ordered parliament closed for 30 days (YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP)
July 27, 2021, 3:28 am
US urges democracy maintained in Tunisia, as birthplace of Arab Spring in crisis
Blinken phones president after he dismisses government, calls on him to keep ‘open dialogue with all political actors and the Tunisian people’
By AFP
Tunisia's President Kais Saied, center, leads a security meeting with members of the army and police forces in Tunis, Tunisia, July 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Slim Abid)
July 26, 2021, 11:26 pm
Tunisian president sacks defense minister after suspending parliament, firing PM
Plunging young democracy into constitutional crisis, Kais Saied warns opponents against taking up arms: ‘Our forces will respond with a rain of bullets’
By Kaouther Larbi
People celebrate in the street after Tunisian President Kais Saied announced the dissolution of parliament and Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi's government in Tunis on July 25, 2021, after a day of nationwide protest. (FETHI BELAID / AFP)
July 26, 2021, 2:16 am
Tunisian president suspends parliament, dismisses prime minister
Thousands celebrate decision in street after nationwide protests against government failings and mishandling of coronavirus crisis
By AFP
Simon Slama, the only Jewish candidate on the Islamist Ennahda party's list for the municipal elections in the central coastal city of Monastir, speaks while campaigning on April 14, 2018. (AFP Photo/Bechir Taieb)
April 29, 2018, 5:16 pm
Tunisian Islamist party endorses Jewish candidate
Simon Slama defends his decision to run on list of Ennahda, which he says ‘is no longer a religious party’
By Kaouther Larbi
In this photo dated February 28, 2018, Ennahdha party candidate in the May municipal elections Simon Slama poses in his sewing machine repair shop in Monastir, Tunisia. (AP Photo/Mehdi Arem)
March 23, 2018, 11:41 am
Jewish candidate for Muslim party breaks barriers in Tunisia
Opponents of Islamist Ennahda say it is using Simon Slama’s candidacy as a ‘propaganda operation to seem like an open and tolerant party’
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi (C) attends a meeting with political parties, unions and employers on January 13, 2018 in Tunis, following unrest triggered by austerity measures. (AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID)
January 14, 2018, 4:24 am
Tunisian government announces social reforms after week of unrest
President Essebsi accuses foreign press of ‘amplifying’ crisis after hundreds arrested in wave of protests over poverty and unemployment
By Kaouther Larbi
Houcine Abassi, secretary general of the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), right, is congratulated by unidentified union members in his office at the headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia, Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. Abassi is one of the four members of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet to be awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. (AP Photo)
December 10, 2015, 6:29 am
Nobel Peace Prize goes to Tunisia democracy advocates
National Dialogue Quartet, a coalition committed to dialogue amid Arab Spring transition, to receive award Thursday
By Pierre-Henry DESHAYES
Supporters of Tunisia's Islamist Ennahdha Party shout slogans, as they wave the Palestinian and Tunisian national flags, during a solidarity protest on November 7, 2015, in Tunis. (AFP PHOTO/FETHI BELAID)
November 7, 2015, 9:14 pm
Tunisians rally in support of Palestinian ‘uprising’
Hundreds wave Palestinian, Hamas flags at solidarity protest organized by Islamist party Ennahda
By AFP and ToI Staff
Supporters of Tunisian party Nida Tunis (Tunisia Calls) celebrate their victory in parliamentary elections in Tunis, October 28, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Hassene Dridi)
December 26, 2014, 12:30 pm
Tunisia’s elections represent yet another Muslim Brotherhood defeat
Arab voters, wary of radical Islam, reject Obama’s ideas about the Islamist movement and the region’s future; IS might suffer too
By Avi Issacharoff
Tunisian presidential candidate Beji Caid Essebsi gives a speech in front his supporters after the second round of the country's presidential election, in Tunis, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photos/Hassene Dridi)
December 22, 2014, 12:28 am
Exit poll: Ex-regime official is Tunisia’s new president
88-year-old Beji Caid Essebsi is projected as winner of runoff election, the culmination of transition to democracy
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi delivering a speech during an electoral meeting in Tunis, Tunisia, Saturday, November 15, 2014 (AP/Aimen Zine)
December 19, 2014, 11:52 pm
Tunisian Jewish leaders endorse secularist’s presidential bid
Community behind candidacy of Beji Caid Essebsi ahead of country’s first free presidential election
By JTA
People line up outside a polling station to cast their vote during the first round of the Tunisian presidential election in Tunis, November 23, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Mohamed Wertani)
November 23, 2014, 10:48 pm
Tunisians hold landmark presidential election
Voters mull security, democratic reforms and the economy in country’s first free ballot for president
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA and SAM KIMBALL
A Tunisian woman in a car shows her ink-stained finger after voting in the country's first post-revolution parliamentary election in Tunis on October 26, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ Fadel Senna)
October 27, 2014, 10:28 pm
Islamists trail secular party in Tunisia vote
US President Barack Obama hails election as ‘important milestone in Tunisia’s historic political transition’
By Antoine Lambroschini and Ines Bel Aiba
An electoral volunteer, right, distributes leaflets, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, to encourage the public to vote on the iconic Bourguiba Avenue which witnessed the culmination of Tunisia’s revolution against dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, in Tunis, Tunisia. (photo credit: AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)
October 26, 2014, 1:31 am
Tunisians skeptical on eve of historic election
Country votes Sunday for first five-year parliament since toppling dictator, but residents not sure democracy is best path
By Paul Schemm
Tunisian Jewish youngsters chat on May 16, 2014 in the Hara Kebira district on the Tunisian island of Djerba, the site of an annual pilgrimage. (photo credit: Fethi Belaid/AFP)
October 14, 2014, 10:49 pm
Tunisian Jews may vote for Islamists in elections
Son of Jewish leader says community will support any party that presents ‘suitable economic program’
By JTA
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