Tunisia

Tunisia extends 'Sumud 4' flotilla activists' detention to 10 months, little international outcry

While the brief detention of flotilla members by Israeli authorities sparked international outrage, the six-month detention of four activists in Tunisia has been underreported internationally.

Global Movement to Gaza Sweden holds a demonstration in connection with the arrival of the released Swedish participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla, in central Stockholm, Sweden October 7, 2025.
Anisa Makhlouf, Hafez Al-Assad, and (behind, L to R) their children Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd, and Bushra, 1993.

'Defiance': A memoir of survival in a torn-apart Syria - review

Russia’s Jewish community marks 81 years since Nazi Germany’s surrender in World War II, May 2026.

Jewish communities worldwide mark Liberation and Rescue Day amid rising antisemitism

A TUNISIAN expatriate shouts slogans while holding a placard reading ‘Free Tunisia,’ as he demonstrates on January 15, 2011, in Paris.

Protests and power vacuums: What the Arab Spring can teach us about Iran's protests


Tunisia to compensate wounded and families of dead from 2011 revolution

Dozens of youths were killed and hundreds injured during an uprising against the rule of then-president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.

Tunisian presidential candidate Kais Saied reacts after exit poll results were announced in a second round runoff of the presidential election in Tunis, Tunisia October 13, 2019.

Tunisian president issues decree dissolving parliament - official gazette

President Kais Saied accused those who took part in an "illegal" parliament session of being part of "a conspiracy against the security of the state."

Tunisian presidential candidate Kais Saied reacts after exit poll results were announced in a second round runoff of the presidential election in Tunis, Tunisia October 13, 2019.

Tunisian president cements power over judiciary

President Kais Saied outraged his opponents and alarmed democratic foreign allies with his announcement last week that he was dissolving the Supreme Judicial Council.

Tunisian presidential candidate Kais Saied reacts after exit poll results were announced in a second round runoff of the presidential election in Tunis, Tunisia October 13, 2019.

Biblical royal purple dye from snails recreated by Tunisian enthusiast

So expensive was the color even in ancient times that the Romans restricted its use to the elite, whose purple fringed robes became the mark of the Mediterranean's most powerful dynasty.

 Salted murex glands dry in the sun during the process to produce a dye known as Tyrian purple, in Tunis, Tunisia February 5, 2022. Picture taken February 5, 2022.

Visit Djerba's African island Jews & Chicago of yesteryear

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 26

 Djerba Synagogue

A new beginning: The Mediterranean and Israel's regional diplomatic tasks

Compared to the Middle East, Israel has more official ties in the Mediterranean and can thus play a more significant role in shaping and leading regional processes.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz reviews an honor guard in Rabat during his visit to Morocco last week.

Iranian cyber group targets Israel, Saudis, Africans - report

An Iranian hacker group called Lyceum has targeted Israel, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Tunisia and others.

Computer hacking (illustrative)

Thousands rally for Tunisian president, urging change to political system

Demonstrators waved Tunisian flags and carried placards railing against Ennahda, the moderate Islamist party that is the biggest in parliament.

Tunisia's President Kais Saied gives a speech at the government's swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, Tunisia February 27, 2020

Tunisia picks first woman as PM at moment of crisis

A geological engineer, Romdhane was responsible for implementing World Bank projects at the education ministry, but she has little experience in government.

 Tunisia's President Kais Saied meets with newly appointed PM Najla Bouden Romdhane, in Tunis

Tunisians protest against president's power grab as opposition deepens

About 3,000 demonstrators gathered in Tunis on Sunday under a heavy police presence to protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied's seizure of governing powers and called on him to step down.

Tunisia's President Kais Saied gives a speech at the government's swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, Tunisia February 27, 2020