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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

Tunisia

Illustrative: Tunisian Jews stand next to a car in the Hara Kebira, the main Jewish quarter in the resort island of Djerba, after attending a ceremony at the Ghriba synagogue following a shooting spree by a police officer on the southern Tunisian island on May 10, 2023. (FETHI BELAID / AFP)
May 10, 2025, 1:24 am
Tunisian Jewish man stabbed in Djerba ahead of pilgrimage to island synagogue
Community representative says victim hurt but ‘doing well’ after being attacked for still unclear motive, says he was ‘bothered a lot’ by FM Sa’ar’s call for Tunisia to protect Jews
By AFP and ToI Staff
Tunisia's President Kais Saied takes oath, October 21, 2024 in Tunis following his re-election. (Tunisian Presidency via AP)
April 20, 2025, 11:07 am
Tunisia opposition figures get jail terms in mass trial; defense pans ‘masquerade’
Court hands out sentences of up to 66 years for 40 defendants, including prominent opponents of President Saied; French intellectual Bernard Henri-Levy said ordered jailed in absentia
By Kaouther Larbi
Outside view of the Great Synagogue of Tunis, Tunisia, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)
January 25, 2025, 3:18 pm
Tunisian police kill man who set himself on fire outside synagogue
No motive given for incident that occurred as congregation was holding Shabbat eve prayers; officer and bystander wounded
By AP
Tunisian president and candidate for reelection Kais Saied joins his supporters after the announcement of the provisional results for the presidential elections, in the capital Tunis, Tunisia, October 6, 2024. (Anis Mili/AP)
October 8, 2024, 4:35 pm
Tunisia’s President Saied wins second term in landslide victory
Incumbent gets 90.7% of votes, but only 28.8% of eligible voters cast ballots in election critics say was tainted by crackdown on opponents, with one rival in prison
By Kaouther Larbi and Youcef Bounab
Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 16, 2024. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
May 27, 2024, 9:18 am
China to host Arab leaders this week, with Israeli-Palestinian conflict on agenda
Leaders of Egypt, Bahrain, Tunisia and United Arab Emirates to convene in Beijing for talks on general cooperation, plan to issue ‘common voice’ on Palestinian issue
By Agencies and ToI Staff
French Ambassador to Tunisia Anne Gueguen (Centre-L) and US Deputy Chief of Mission Natasha Franceschi (C) carry flowers in memory of those killed in a mass shooting last year at the Ghriba synagogue in the resort island of Djerba on May 26, 2024. (Fethi Belaid / AFP)
May 26, 2024, 9:49 pm
Diplomats pay respects in Djerba year after deadly attack on Jewish worshipers
Only handful attend annual pilgrimage at Tunisia’s Ghriba synagogue under heavy guard as Gaza fighting, memories of last year’s shooting dampen enthusiasm for event
By AFP
File - Jewish worshipers attend the annual Jewish pilgrimage to the Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia's southern resort island of Djerba, on May 8, 2023. (Yassine Mahjoub / AFP)
April 20, 2024, 10:01 am
Hit by terror in 2023, Tunisian Jewish pilgrimage scaled back amid Gaza security fears
Organizers say Lag B’Omer celebration will be moved entirely indoors at Ghriba synagogue, a cornerstone of millennia-old Djerba Jewry
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Fire and destruction at a synagogue in Sfax, Tunisia, after a mob set fire to the building and burned several trees in the courtyard on February 25, 2024. (Screenshots from X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).
February 28, 2024, 9:56 pm
Mob reported to attack abandoned synagogue in Tunisia’s Sfax
Local reports say rioters set fire to several trees in courtyard, in second attack on a Tunisian synagogue since October 7
By ToI Staff
Gad Partok, 93, a Tunisian-born Holocaust survivor, poses for a portrait in his home in Ashkelon, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
January 27, 2024, 12:26 pm
‘Is it true? Is it so?’: Holocaust survivor says Oct. 7 revived childhood trauma
Tunisia-born Gad Partok says deadly Hamas onslaught and feeling of abandonment by authorities bring back the disturbing memories of the Nazi atrocities during World War II
By AP
Protesters burn an effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an Israeli flag during an anti-Israel protest in Istanbul, Turkey, October 20, 2023, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
October 21, 2023, 4:06 am
Anti-Israel demonstrations held across Muslim world amid Israel-Hamas war
Thousands call for ‘the fall of Israel’ at protest in Cairo, as Iranian-backed armed groups in several Arab countries also rally against Jewish state
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Tunisians ransack a defunct synagogue in the city of Al Hammah, October 17, 2023, following an outpouring of anger over an explosion at a Gaza hospital blamed falsely on Israel. (Via social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 19, 2023, 3:15 am
Historic synagogue in Tunisia heavily damaged in rioting tied to Israel-Hamas war
Hundreds filmed setting fire to defunct synagogue in Al Hammah, site of the tomb of 16th-century Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Ma’aravi
By Andrew Lapin
Tunisian President Kais Saied at his office in Tunis, September 18, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 19, 2023, 12:37 pm
Tunisian leader claims ‘Zionist’ influence evident in naming of Storm Daniel
In latest antisemitic controversy, President Kais Saied says Zionist movement ‘has penetrated to attack the mind and thinking,’ also ascribes name of Abraham Accords to same reason
By Michael Bachner
Tunisian President Kais Saied takes part in a meeting at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome on July 24, 2023. (Handout / Quirinale Press Office / AFP)
August 31, 2023, 3:56 am
Tunisian president rules out any chance of establishing diplomatic ties with Israel
Kais Saied says the word ‘normalization’ does not exist for him when it comes to Jewish state, days after news of Libya-Israel FM meeting sparked fierce backlash
By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff
Tunisia's President Kais Saied (L) speaks with Tunisia's Chief Rabbi Haim Bitan (R) in Tunis, May 17, 2023 (Tunisian Presidency)
May 18, 2023, 1:07 pm
Tunisian leader touts ‘coexistence’ after fatal synagogue attack, but not with Israel
President Kais Saied notes ‘distinction between Judaism and Zionism,’ rejects ‘normalization’ with Israel, calls on world to ‘put an end to tragedy of the Palestinian people’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Tunisia's President Kais Saied casts his ballot as he participates in the legislative elections in Tunis, December 17, 2022. (AP/Slim Abid)
May 16, 2023, 8:56 pm
Tunisian president says locals rescued Jews, whereas Israel kills Palestinians
Jewish groups and Tunisian Jews condemn remarks, which Kais Saied made in countering criticism around May 9 slaying of 2 Jews in Djerba
By Canaan Lidor
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