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Opening titles from Tunisian hidden camera TV show 'Shalom.' (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 22, 2018, 8:57 pm
Well-known Tunisians caught on hidden cameras agreeing to cooperate with Israel
New TV show, 'Shalom,' barred from channel after controversy erupts over personalities who said they would work with Jewish state for financial reward
By AFP
Slain Tunisian drone engineer Mohamed Zouari. (screen capture: Aljazeera/YouTube)
May 17, 2018, 5:03 pm
Bosnia rejects extradition request for alleged killer of Hamas engineer
Court rules man wanted by Tunisia for suspected role in Mohamed Zouari's killing cannot be extradited as there is no treaty between the countries
By TOI staff and AFP
The main synagogue in Tunis (YouTube screenshot)
May 16, 2018, 1:05 am
Tunisian policemen foil knife attack outside synagogue
Would-be assailant reportedly shouted that he hates Israel; is subdued after trying to stab officer
By AP
Tunisian Ennahdha party member Souad Abderrahim (C) celebrates after winning the municipal elections in front of the movement's headquarters in Tunis late on May 6, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SOFIENNE HAMDAOUI)
May 12, 2018, 3:24 pm
Tunisia Islamists top municipal polls but fail to win majority
Ennahdha party takes 2,135 seats nationwide; independent lists win 2,367 seats, while party of President Beji Caid Essebsi manages only 1,595
By Kaouther Larbi
Mounir Batour, head of the Tunisia Liberal Party (Tunisna TV screenshot, courtesy MEMRI)
May 12, 2018, 11:57 am
Tunisian politician calls for normalization with Israel
Mounir Batour, head of Tunisia Liberal Party, spars on air with MP who tore up Israeli flag, says 'enmity toward Israel, love of Palestinian cause are not Tunisia's real problems'
By TOI staff
Slain Tunisian drone engineer Mohamed Zouari. (screen capture: Aljazeera/YouTube)
May 9, 2018, 7:41 pm
Croatia court okays extradition of alleged killer of Hamas engineer to Tunisia
Alen Camdzic, a Bosnian man being held in Croatia, is accused of taking part in shooting death of Mohamed Zouari in Tunisia; Hamas has blamed the Mossad
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)
May 6, 2018, 12:41 pm
In Tunisia’s first local vote since 2011, Jewish candidate runs on Muslim list
Simon Slama, one of country's 1,200 remaining Jews, running on slate of Islamist party Ennahdha in the town of Monastir
By Agencies
Children play football in the streets of Ettadhamen city on April 30, 2018, an impoverished area of Greater Tunis. (AFP/ FETHI BELAID)
May 4, 2018, 2:47 am
Tunisia bid for 2022 Youth Olympics frozen over ban on Israeli athletes
IOC head says political boycotts are against Games' values, citing case in which four Israelis were blocked from taekwondo championship last month
By AP and TOI staff
Jews gather at the Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia's Mediterranean resort island of Djerba on the first day of the annual Jewish pilgrimage to the synagogue on May 2, 2018. (AFP Photo/Fethi Belaid)
May 3, 2018, 11:39 pm
Jewish pilgrimage to Tunisia’s Ghriba synagogue ends peacefully
3,000 Jews, including some 400 Israelis, take part in annual Lag B'Omer festivities under heavy security
By AFP
Jewish pilgrims take part in the annual pilgrimage at the Ghriba synagogue in the Tunisian resort island of Djerba on May 2, 2018. (AFP/Fethi Belaid)
May 2, 2018, 10:19 pm
Jewish pilgrims gather in Tunisia for Lag B’Omer festival
At least 5,000 tourists, including more than 100 Israelis, expected at Africa's oldest synagogue, Ghriba, on island of Djerba
By AFP
Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, hold a banner bearing a portrait of one of their leaders, Mohamed Zoari, who was killed in Tunisia, during a ceremony in his memory on December 18, 2016, in Gaza City. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
May 2, 2018, 5:42 pm
One of two suspects behind 2016 hit on Hamas engineer said arrested in Croatia
Hamas and Hezbollah say Mossad agents were responsible for killing drone mastermind Mohammed Zouari in Tunisia
By TOI staff
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
Palestinian protesters evacuate a wounded youth during clashes with Israeli troops along Gaza's border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, April 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
April 5, 2018, 11:57 pm
Arabs ask UN chief to launch investigation of Gaza killings
Palestinian UN Ambassador says Guterres's response 'positive,' parties debating between an independent investigation and a fact-finding mission
By AP
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 Ben Bouazza
In this October 8, 2017 photo, Egyptian fans celebrate after beating Congo during the 2018 World Cup group E qualifying soccer match at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
March 13, 2018, 9:46 am
Israel to broadcast soccer World Cup to Arab nations for free
National broadcaster to screen matches with commentary in Arabic for Egyptians, other surrounding countries
By TOI staff
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