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July 10, 2023

Although It Has Much to Gain, Tunisia Is Unlikely to Normalize Its Relations with the Jewish State

The government that strangled the sole Arab democracy shuns peace with Israel.

Tunisia has much in common with the nearby countries of Egypt and Morocco, both of which have made peace with Israel. And unlike most Arab countries, it is home to a small but vibrant Jewish community. Yet it has thus far avoided joining the Abraham Accords in part because of an Islamist government and in part because it tends to side with Algeria—and thus with Iran—in the conflict between Algiers and Rabat. David Levy explains:

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