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| Title: | Attitudes towards Israel in Tunisian political debate: from Bourguiba to the new constitution |
| Authors: | Petrucci, Filippo Fois, Marisa |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Periodical: | The Journal of North African Studies (ISSN 1743-9345) |
| Volume: | 21 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 392-410 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | Tunisia Israel |
| Subjects: | international relations foreign policy constitutions 2014 heads of State |
| About person: | Habib Bourguiba (ca1903-2000) |
| External link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2016.1152188 |
| Abstract: | Tunisia has developed an original diplomatic approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Relations between Tunisia and Israel (and more generally between Israel and the Arab world) have also influenced internal relations within Tunisia and the reactions and decisions of its Jewish community. This article describes the evolution of the Tunisian government's attitudes towards Israel and the Palestinian issue in the post-independence era until the approval of the new Tunisian Constitution in 2014. The debate over whether to include an article regarding 'the criminalisation of normalisation with Israel' in the recently approved Constitution was considerable. Issues related to Israel have thus gained prominence in national debate, following a period in which they were primarily discussed by Ben Ali's political opponents. Through an analysis of articles, books, Internet sources and presidential speeches, this article examines the different positions taken by Tunisia towards Israel and how they have evolved over time. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |
