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Sounds like a positive step, good on you guys for opening your hearts, minds and doors to Tunisia's Jewish expats. However, I think you've got some pretty big misconceptions about relations between Tunisia's Arabs and Israeli Jews- it doesn't sound like there's been much conflict or disagreement between the two groups, and the biggest division of all was probably just the previous president using Israel as a propaganda punching bag for the purpose of maintaining domestic control (this is not to say Tunisians have no justifiable reason to dislike Israelis, that's for you to decide yourselves).
Israel's political disputes are with the Palestinians, Iran, certain Lebanese and Syrian factions, and it exhibits severe paranoia and distrust towards Egypt and Saudi Arabia (although if you takes Wikileaks seriously, Israel and Saudi Arabia are actually pretty close in their political objectives to the point where they're practically allies in secret). Maybe I missed something in my political studies, because I have never really heard much of anything about Tunisia and Israel having any serious quarrels. Israel spends more time complaining about Ireland than they do about Tunisia.
There's no misconceptions actually, the previous regine itself was an allie to Israel (in secret), and Tunisia was a center for Israeli spying on north Africa, also Ben Ali spying on France for Israel.
When you say there's no reason for Tunisians to hate Israel, you forget the fact that we are also arabs, and may be divided in different countries, but well all share many things, and any invader to any arab country, will not be a friend for the other arab people for sure, esspecially Israel.
It's also not true that it's very clear between Israel and Tunisia, there are many things, including Israel attack on Tunisia in 4 October 1985.
Calling the Tunisian jews to move to Israel immidiatly, many times after the revolution, and also trying to seduce them with money (wich the Tunisian jewish community responsible answered Israel, or more specificly it's prime minister who maked this call, that the Tunisian jews are in their home, and they had no problems at all concerning relegion, and infact, their culture is mixed with the Tunisian culture, they all share the same culture etc... (in other words, they said to him "go to hell") The islamist party ennahdha also said that Tunisian jews are full rights citizents and etc... after all they are Tunisians)
Also alot of other relations of the previous ruling "mafia" (litterly a mafia) with Israel. (but the main thing is what I mentioned about the arab identity)
Anyway, when I say not recocgnizing Israel as a country, or refusing to make economical agreements and cooporations with it, doesnt mean necesserly war, however, in the meanwhile, we can't be interfiering in Israel-Palastine matters or such things, since right now, we are in a weak position.
However, the priority now, is not Palastine situation, or any other exterior situation, the priority now is Tunisia (and Libya, since it will be a needed partner, same for the other side, Libya needs Tunisia, and Tunisia needs Libya).
But if you are talking about relegion, most Tunisians (I learned to never say all), have nothing to hate in jews, and we do recocgnize the Tunisian jews as Tunisians and a part of our society, and history tells that, alot of jews were a part of the resistance against France occupation, and later against Israel policies and etc.. and more proofs, the so many plans to use the relegion card to make Tunisia enter a relegious chaos, when a made up protestation against jews went in Tunis in front of a synagog, and when a Christian priest was murdered, so Tunisians (the muslims) showed their compasion by going to the church...etc... we don't have any relegion problem in Tunisia.
Tunisian jews, are after all, Tunisians
