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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 567

Ennahda

A Tunisian woman looks at 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 29, 2021, 6:36 pm
Tunisian prosecutors to investigate leading Islamist party for corruption
The activities of Ennahda, the dominant party in parliament, were suspended this week by President Saied, who has been accused of overstepping his power
By AP
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
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
In this Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 citizen journalism image, Syrians hold copies of the Quran during a demonstration to stop fighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and rebels, in Aleppo, Syria (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center)
January 10, 2014, 7:20 pm
Who’s boss in Damascus, Tunis?
Syria’s bloody divisions sharpen, while the resignation of Tunisia’s Islamist PM offers hope of a march to democracy
By Elhanan Miller
Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans at a sit-in in Nasser City, suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 7. The Arabic on the poster of Morsi reads, 'No alternative to legitimacy.' (photo credit: AP/Paul Schemm)
July 8, 2013, 2:16 am
Egypt overthrow shakes Mideast Islamists
Morsi’s ouster a warning to Muslim Brotherhood offshoots, but for the likes of al-Qaeda, it proves democracy can’t be trusted
By Paul Schemm
Supporter of the Islamist party Ennahda, hold Tunisian and party flags during a rally in Tunis, Tunisia on February 16, 2013. (photo credit: Amine Landouls/AP)
From the WebJuly 4, 2013, 4:07 am
New Tunisian protest movement takes cue from Egypt
Reuters: Eyeing success of Cairo uprising, Tunisian Tamarod accuses Islamists of ushering in a religious state
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, left, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi take their seats at the starts of their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday, March 3, 2013 (Photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool).
March 4, 2013, 11:32 am
John Kerry vilified by Egypt’s opposition
US secretary of state promises aid to Morsi, protesters block his path to airport in response; leading Islamist gets stoned in Tunisia
By Michael Bassin
Syrian civilians searching through the debris of destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a strike by Syrian government forces, in the neighborhood of Jabal Bedro, Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday Feb. 19 (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center)
February 20, 2013, 2:50 pm
Syrian opposition threatens to strike Hezbollah
Tunisian PM resigns following failure to form technocrat government; the Saudi king salutes his country’s first female deputies
By Elhanan Miller
Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, right, is pictured with Ennahda party leader Rached El Ghannouchi at the opening of a meeting with representatives of Tunisian political parties in Carthage, outside Tunis, in February 2013. (photo credit: AP/Hassene Dridi)
February 19, 2013, 2:55 pm
Assad as confident as ever
Tunisian PM fails to form technocrat government and Iran’s Supreme Leader meets reformists
By Elhanan Miller
Supporter of the Islamist party Ennahda, hold Tunisian and party flags during a rally in Tunis, Tunisia on February 16, 2013. (photo credit: Amine Landouls/AP)
February 17, 2013, 1:18 pm
Nasrallah boasts and Tunisia almost bursts
Hezbollah secretary general faces domestic fire; Tunisia about to form a new government; and a leading columnist bashes Israel for ‘Prisoner X’
By Elhanan Miller
On a large television screen in front of Pyongyang's railway station, a North Korean state television broadcaster announces the news that North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jon Chol Jin)
February 13, 2013, 12:45 pm
Don’t confuse us with the Brotherhood, says Moroccan PM
Saudi foreign minister bashes Iran, and Tunisian leader expects new unity government this week
By Elhanan Miller
A Free Syrian Army fighter walks past destroyed shops in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday, February 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Abdullah Al-Yassin)
February 12, 2013, 3:24 pm
Syrian oppositionists escape death
Tunisia’s prime minister receives a blow after his proposal for a technocrat government is shot down by party
By Elhanan Miller
Protesters gather with a Tunisian flag around an ambulance carrying the body of opposition leader Chokri Belaid in Tunis, Wednesday, Feb. 6 (photo credit: AP/Amine Landoulsi)
February 7, 2013, 8:46 am
Tunisia to shake up government after assassination
Muslim prime minister says he will work toward holding new elections in the wake of slaying of secularist opposition leader
By Paul Schemm
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