Support for the Palestinian cause is to be expected in an Arab country. But perhaps the reported strength of feeling is correlated with the history of the PLO,

Support for the Palestinian cause is to be expected in an Arab country. But perhaps the reported strength of feeling is correlated with the history of the PLO, who moved there after being expelled from Lebanon by the Israeli invasion in 1982. Israel then attacked the new PLO HQ in Tunisia in 1985. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization#Headquarters_in_Tunis:_1982%E2%80%931991 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organizat... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wooden_Leg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wooden_Leg Correlation might mean causation in a couple of directions. Did the PLO move to Tunis because Tunisians already supported them sympathetically, or do they now support the Palestinian cause more strongly because they provided refuge and were attacked by Israel? Probably both.