Tunisia's Tourism Minister: Protect Annual Jewish Piligrimage

Tunisia's tourism minister said on Tuesday that the annual Jewish pilgrimage to the Tunisian island of Djerba should be maintained as a symbol of the North African nation's openness to the world. According to a report in The Associated Press, tourism minister Elyes Fakhfakh told journalists on the sidelines of a Mediterranean tourism conference that the pilgrimage, set this year for May 9, should be protected.