"We know that there is real distress among the Jews of Tunisia, many of whom would like to immigrate to Israel," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the meeting. "We will increase the ...

Tuesday, January 14, marks 14 years since the fall of Tunisian president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, which sparked one of the ...

at the time Israel’s foreign minister. But stability in Tunisia – for its Jews and for the country as a whole – has come at a price, analysts say: democratic rights. “Unfortunately ...

The 42-year-old local helps exhume about a dozen bodies each year for transport to Israel, where the majority of Tunisian-born Jews have moved, and where they want their ancestors to move ...

Many Jews left mainland Tunisia for Israel following the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, and more when the synagogue in the capital Tunis was burned down during the 1967 Middle East conflict.

Winner of the Karen Hayesod United Israel Appeal Leyb Yoffe Prize. "Fascist Italy faced a conflict with Nazi Germany regarding the fate of Jews, especially those of the Italian communities in ...

Israel has approved a plan to bring 2,000 Ethiopian Jews to the country, marking a major step towards ending a decades-long saga over their fate. They are part of about 8,000 members of a ...

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