Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali: How Tunisia's strongman navigated diplomacy with Israel
DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS |The inside story of peace talks between Israel and Tunisia post-Oslo in the 1990s.
TUNISIAN PRESIDENT Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali maintained low-key relations with Israel during the 1990s, before breaking ties during the Second Intifada. Here, he poses for an official picture in front of the Tunisian flag in 1998.(photo credit: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)Updated: 
