Several political parties and groups from the civil society Sunday staged a protest march in capital Tunis, calling for the adoption of a bill criminalizing normalization of ties with Israel. The protest was organized by the National Coordination Committee for the Criminalization of Normalization with the Israeli Occupation. The participants called for the enactment of a law criminalizing the normalization of ties between Tunisia and Israel. Tunisia, like most Arab countries, has no official diplomatic ties with Israel and the public opinion is pro-Palestinian. The parliament is expected to vote this week a draft proposed by some parties, including left-wing opposition parties, criminalizing normalization of ties with Israel.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 19, 2018 15:45 UTC