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March 10, 2021

Facing Discontent, Tunisia’s President Blames the Jews

Putting in danger one of the Arab world’s largest Jewish communities.

While the roughly 2,000 Jews currently living in Tunisia are but a fraction of the population of over 100,000 that was present at the end of World War II, they nonetheless constitute one of the largest and most secure Jewish communities in the Arab world. Given their small numbers, it is difficult to believe that they have much influence over the country. Tunisia’s president, however, seems to think otherwise, as Edy Cohen writes:

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