Al-Nahda denies that Ghannoushi spoke exclusively to Voice of Israel Radio

A spokesman for Tunisia’s ruling Al-Nahda Party has denied that leader Rashid Ghannoushi gave an exclusive interview to Voice of Israel Radio during his visit to the Davos Economic Forum. Naguib Al-Gharbi said that the statements attributed to Ghannoushi were made at a press conference attended by more than 60 journalists from around the world. No exclusives were given to any media outlet, Israeli or otherwise.

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Israel has been pursuing Mr. Ghannoushi since the nineties and has taken every opportunity to try to discredit him politically, claims Al-Gharbi. “The Israelis adopted the same sort of tactics during the party leader’s visits to Algeria and the United States,” he added.