cramer@sun.uucp (Sam Cramer) (01/12/86)
Nidhal Guessoum states > Let me just > emphasize that Tunisia has much more than 5000 Jews ( who have no > problem whatsoever ) ... I know something about Tunisia and > Algeria. No problem whatsoever? Fact: in 1964, severe restrictions were placed on Jewish economic activity in Tunisia. Fact: during the 1967 Six Day war, Jews were attacked in Tunisia by rioting Arab mobs. Synagogues, including the Great Synagogue, were burned, along with Jewish-owned shops. It should be pointed out, that the government denounced these attacks, and a military court sentenced two rioters to 15 years for their role in the disturbances. Fact: in 1982 Tunisian Jews in the towns of Zarzis and Ben Guardane were attacked. Again, it should be pointed out that the government did not condone these attacks. According to the noted historian Martin Gilbert (authorised biographer of Winston Churchill), as of 1974 there were 2000 Jews in Tunisia. I'd like to know how Nidhal "knows" that there are more than 5000 Jews in Tunisia. Sam Cramer sun!cramer