y. The events heighten the Islamist-secular divide that has featured in the Tunisian transition and the Arab Spring at large. Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali described the event as the "assassination of the Tunisian revolution" and promised to dissolve the Islamist-led government and form a technocrat gove

has increased by 19 percent, although unemployment, the main economic factor behind the revolts last year; remains high (18 percent). Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali announced that the government will add 75,000 jobs in 2012. Gradual economic recovery appears likely, although the European financial crisis could d