June 1967 Tunis riots

When

5 Jun 1967

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

36.80° N, 10.18° E

Description

anti-jewish riots in Tunisia

Cause

Six-Day War

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Anti-jewish riots in 1967 Tunis

The June 1967 Tunis Riots or Demonstrations were demonstrations and riots in Tunis on 5 June 1967, in reaction to the Naksa of the same year. The riots lasted 6 hours, in which a crowd of leftist students organized under the Perspectives movement, set fire to the British Library then the American Library, proceeding to Trans World Airlines' offices and the American Embassy.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “des émeutes contre les Juifs ont lieu à Tunis dans le contexte de la guerre des Six Jours ; des milliers de manifestants se répandent dans la ville”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page