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Ben Ali has the similar policies to that of Bourguiba , secularist and politically repressive on the domestic side and Moderate and pro-Western on the foreign side of his policy .

This politically repressive policy caused Human rights groups as well as the French government to call for greater respect for the human rights particularly in the early 1990s when an alleged Islamist coup plot was uncovered and thousands of suspected fundamentalists were imprisoned and many others fled into exile . However , this international pressure on Ben Ali's government has eased significantly after the bombings that were carried by Algerian Islamists in France in the mid¬ 1990s as well as 9/11 . Ben Ali's government thus continued to restrict political parties , censor the press and the internet , limit religious freedoms and impose surveillance and harassment of intellectu¬als , opposition activists and journalists . In spite of that , some politicians see Tunisia now as something of a model of how a moderate , secular and relatively open Arab state can resist fundamentalism , at least effectively . Ben Ali was further successful in the presidential elections in 1989 , 1994 , 1999 and 2004 . In the elections of 2004 , He retained the presidency with 94 . 5% of the vote , his lowest vote total ever .

/> Tunisia's economy is considered one of the most successful in the developing world , in spite of some problems holding it back like high unemployment . Large infrastructure projects were carried out in the country that helped developing the rural community and brought running water and electricity to its most remote areas . These developments allowed Tunisia in 1995 to become the first Arab state to be integrated into the European Economic Area and a signed agreement with Italy allowed Tunisians to work in its agricultural sector . Generally , the economy of Tunisia is growing steadily , helping in establishing the reputation of the Tunisians as a relatively prosperous , stable and modern nation .

The foreign policy of Tunisia is reputable for its moderation and efforts to facilitate dialogue and reconciliation . From 1979 and for a decade , Tunisia was the chosen location of the headquarters of the Arab League , after the location of the organization was moved from Cairo to protest the 1978 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel . Tunisia also welcomed Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in 1982 after Israel forced them out of Beirut , and the organization remained there till mid-1994 when most of the PLO moved to the West Bank and Gaza under the terms of the Oslo . At the same
time , Tunisia established a low-level diplomatic relations with Israel , maintaining interest offices in Tel Aviv and Tunis until the outbreak of Palestinian-¬Israeli violence in October 2000 . Even today , Israelis have no problem getting visas to visit Tunisia . Tunisia expressed opposition to the 1991 Gulf War led by US as well as the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003 . The Tunisian 'street' is strongly opposing the occu¬pation of lraq and seems to be anti-American (or at least anti-Bush) . In spite of that , politics is not a popular (or advisable) topic of conversation in Tunisis , however generally the Tunisians are proud of their country's reputation for its relative stability and economic growth in comparison to the other neighboring countries .




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