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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Tunisian revolution

Tunisia's President Kais Saied votes in the legislative elections in Tunis, December 17, 2022. (AP/Slim Abid)
December 18, 2022, 8:36 pm
Tunisia’s opposition urges strongman president to quit after election snub
Opposition figure Ahmed Nejib Chebbi says Kais Saied has ‘lost all legal legitimacy’ after only 8.8% of voters turn up to vote, claims Tunisians have rejected power grab
By Kaouther Larbi and Francoise Kadri
A Tunisian voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Ben Arous region near Tunis on December 17, 2022, during the parliamentary election. (YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP)
December 18, 2022, 6:26 am
With just 8.8% turnout, Tunisians shun vote for powerless new parliament
Election follows power grab by President Kais Saied; preliminary results expected Monday
By Kaouther Larbi
Tunisians line up to cast their ballots at a polling station in Tunis, December 17, 2022. AP/Hassene Dridi)
December 17, 2022, 9:39 pm
11 years after ‘disastrous’ revolution, many Tunisians see Arab Spring as a failure
Despite being only country to emerge from uprisings as a democracy, quite a few feel new system was bungled, welcome president’s autocratic reforms
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA
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 25, 2022, 5:46 am
Tunisians vote on constitution granting president near-unchecked powers
Referendum heavily promoted by Kais Saied set to reverse 2011 revolution, sending country back to dictatorial regime; expert: ‘People don’t know what they’re voting on, or why’
By Kaouther Larbi
Tunisian police fire tear gas toward protesters during a demonstration on December 25, 2018, in the central Tunisian city of Kasserine. (Hatem Salhi/AFP)
December 25, 2018, 6:19 pm
Protests in Tunisia after journalist sets himself on fire and dies
Abderrak Zorgui posted video before his self-immolation in struggling provincial city of Kasserine, describing economic desperation, calling for revolt
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
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
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
Family members of Tunisians who died in the revolution seven years ago, stage a protest in Tunis, Tunisia, January 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)
January 14, 2018, 8:20 pm
Tunisia, shaken by protests, marks 7 years since revolution
Authorities announce plans to boost aid to struggling citizens in budding democracy that inspired Arab Spring
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
Following the funeral of a man who was killed the previous day in a demonstration over rising costs and government austerity, Tunisian protesters clash with security forces in the town of Tebourba on January 9, 2018. (Fethi Belaid/AFP)
January 11, 2018, 4:47 pm
Third night of unrest in Tunisia as hundreds arrested
21 members of security forces injured, no toll available among rioters demonstrating against austerity measures; provincial police station torched
By Caroline Nelly Perrot
Protesters wave the Amazigh (Berber) flag as they shout slogans in the northern city of Al Hoceima on October 30, 2016, following the death of fishmonger Mouhcine Fikri, who was crushed to death on October 28 in a rubbish truck in Al Hoceima. (AFP PHOTO/FADEL SENNA)
November 2, 2016, 8:58 am
Echoes of Tunisia in Morocco as protests continue
11 arrested for death of fish seller that sparked nationwide outrage over economic neglect and perceived government indifference
By Hervé BAR
Illustrative: Tunisian women celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring in Tunis, Tunisia, on January 14, 2016. (AP/Riadh Dridi)
January 15, 2016, 2:51 am
Tunisians rally to mark 5 years since dictator’s ouster
‘Today we can speak freely and this is no little matter. That’s the main achievement of the revolution’
By AP
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
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)
October 11, 2015, 5:11 am
For Tunisia, Nobel is good news in troubled, violent year
With economy stagnant after two major 2015 terror attacks, peace prize offers ray of hope in Arab Spring’s lone democracy
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
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)
From the WebFebruary 14, 2015, 10:35 pm
Tunisian Jewry grapples with girls’ education
Wall Street Journal: Pious community tries to balance modernity with an ever-changing, sometimes hostile society
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