Author： Hamli Mohsen
Publisher： Routledge Ltd
ISSN： 1362-9387
Source： Journal of North African Studies, Vol.10, Iss.1, 2005-03, pp. : 61-76
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Abstract
This article contends that just as the 1948 Arab–Israeli War shook Judaism in Tunisia and pushed to the forefront a 40-year-old fierce disagreement among the Tunisian Jews, it exposed, in an unprecedented manner, the Tunisian Muslims' mixed reactions to the Palestinian conflict and lifted the lid over an unceasing discord between the secular, Western-educated and the religious, Zitouna mosque-educated, Tunisians. A survey of a selection of editorials from Muslim papers having different ideological orientations – assimilationist, reformist, Islamist, neutral, communist, nationalist – demonstrates that reactions ranged from backing Arab troops ‘invading' Palestine to condemnation of Western apathy to ‘prudent' reticence to complete silence or indifference.
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