The new Tunisian tourism minister on January 29 submitted her resignation to interim Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki only hours after she was sworn in. Amel Karboul, an executive coach and consultant, decided to walk out of the new government on the background of debates over her rumoured visit to Israel in 2006. Karboul said she had submitted her resignation to the interim president because “she needed support from all Tunisians”. Karboul reiterated that she “had not visited Israel due to pressures piled over her “because she is an Arab and Muslim”, the report said.
TUNISIAN MINISTER RESIGNS OVER VISIT TO ISRAEL
The new Tunisian tourism minister on January 29 submitted her resignation to interim Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki only hours after she was sworn in. Amel Karboul, an executive coach and consultant,
