Relationship dossier
Palestine
Tunisia
Relationship assessment
Longstanding Palestinian-Tunisian ties, marked by Tunisian diplomatic support and the PLO’s former headquarters in Tunisia.
Palestine toward Tunisia
+20Palestinian leaders have maintained high-level engagement with Tunisia through official visits and bilateral meetings. The scope of practical cooperation arising from these contacts is unclear.
Tunisia toward Palestine
+30Tunisia has supported Palestinian statehood diplomatically and hosted the Palestine Liberation Organization’s headquarters from 1982 to 1994, providing a significant base for Palestinian political activity.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship has a durable cooperative foundation, particularly in Tunisia’s diplomatic support for Palestinian statehood and its past role as host to the PLO leadership. High-level Palestinian engagement with Tunisia reinforces those ties. The breadth of practical cooperation is less clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Palestinian-Tunisian relations have been shaped by Tunisia’s sustained diplomatic support for Palestinian statehood and its hosting of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s headquarters from 1982 to 1994. Palestinian leaders have maintained high-level engagement with Tunisia, including official visits. The relationship is broadly cooperative, though the scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation are not clear.
Key developments
The Palestine Liberation Organization maintained its headquarters in Tunisia.
Palestinian leaders made official visits to Tunisia and held bilateral meetings.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- Details of recent Palestinian government cooperation with Tunisia are limited.