In 1948 , approximately 105,000 Jews lived in Tunisia . About 1,500 remain today , mostly in Djerba , Tunis , and Zarzis . Following Tunisia 's independence from France in 1956 , a number of anti-Jewish policies led to emigration , of which half went to Israel and the other half to France . After attacks in 1967 , Jewish emigration both to Israel and France accelerated . There were also attacks in 1982 , 1985 , and most recently in 2002 when a bombing in Djerba took 21 lives ( most of them German tourists ) near the local synagogue , a terrorist attack claimed by Al-Qaeda
a bombing in Djerba
Ghriba synagogue bombing
Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries