Defeated Tunisian presidential candidate paid ex-Israeli intelligence official $250,000 - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Aaron Schaffer

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Salwa Karoui, wife of detained Tunisian media mogul and presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, speaks during an election campaign rally in Tunis, Tunisia, September 13, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC1981714B10 — Salwa Smaoui, wife of detained Tunisian media mogul and presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, speaks during an election campaign rally in Tunis, Tunisia, Sept. 13, 2019. — Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi

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A views shows an election campaign billboard of presidential candidate, Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui, in Tunis, Tunisia, September 11, 2019. Picture taken September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC158B0C7260

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Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui casts his vote at a polling station during a second round runoff of a presidential election in Tunis, Tunisia October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC12A0A2F020

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