Amir Tibon

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Amir Tibon
אמיר תיבון
Born (1989-02-11) February 11, 1989 (age 36)
Occupation(s)Israeli journalist, writer, diplomatic correspondent
SpouseMiri
Children2 daughters
Parents
Relatives Yoav Tibon  [ he ] (grandfather)

Amir Tibon (Hebrew : אמיר תיבון; born 11 February 1989) is an Israeli journalist and writer. [1] He works for Haaretz , [2] but has also worked for Walla! News. [3] He has also worked as a diplomatic correspondent. [4]

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Biography

Tibon's great-grandfather was a German soldier in World War I, and fled the country after the Nazis came to power. [5]

In the early 2000s, Amir Tibon was a resident of Tel Aviv. [4] In late 2014, Tibon and his wife (then fiancée), Miri, moved to Kibbutz Nahal Oz, following a journalistic visit in August 2014. [4] [6] The couple has two daughters. [6]

On 7 October 2023, Nahal Oz was attacked by Hamas militants while Tibon and his family were at home. [6] They remained in their house's safe room for ten hours until Tibon's father, Noam Tibon  [ he ], a retired general, arrived from Tel Aviv, along with an Israeli soldier he picked up along the way. [6] [7] Following his rescue, Tibon stated in an article on his experience that "the Israeli state failed us". [8]

The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue is a 2025 Canadian documentary film which documents the rescue of Amir's family from their shelter in Nahal Oz by his father, Noam Tibon. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2025, and won the TIFF People's Choice Award, Documentary. [9]

On 9 October 2023, Tibon criticized American senator Josh Hawley for suggesting that American funding for Ukraine be redirected to Israel. [10] Tibon considers himself a "left-leaning" Zionist. [11] He noted in October 2024 that "Although I supported the war at the beginning...I now prefer an agreement to bring back the hostages and end the conflict". [5]

As of September 2024, Tibon and his family are living in Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek. [12]

Journalism and literary career

In 2015, Tibon was one of 15 journalists who signed a letter criticizing a proposed policy that would prevent Israel Broadcasting Authority journalists from expressing their opinions on-air. [13] In 2016, Tibon wrote an article critical of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Walla. [14] The Prime Minister's Office unsuccessfully pressured the site to remove Tibon's article. [14]

Tibon began working as a Washington correspondent for Haaretz in early 2017, the week of Donald Trump's inauguration. [15] He continued working as a Washington correspondent through 2020. [16] [17] [18]

Tibon co-authored a biography of Mahmoud Abbas, entitled The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas, which was published in 2017. [6] [19] [20]

In 2024, Tibon published The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival and Hope on Israel’s Borderlands, a non-fiction book about the October 7 attack on Nahal Oz and the events leading up to it. [21] [22] [11] [23]

Awards and recognition

In January 2015, Tibon and fellow journalist Ben Birnbaum were nominated for a National Magazine Award for their reporting in The New Republic , entitled "How Close They Came". [24]

References

  1. ↑ Kingsley, Patrick Kingsley (2023-10-08). "'There were terrorists inside': An Israeli recounts how militants invaded his village" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  2. ↑ "Amir Tibon". Haaretz. 2023-10-02. Archived from the original on 2023-07-29. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  3. ↑ Medad, Yisrael; Pollak, Eli (2016-08-03). "MEDIA COMMENT: 'The New York Times' accuses again". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 2023-09-19. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  4. 1 2 3 Tibon, Amir (29 October 2015). "Why I've made my home at a kibbutz near Gaza, on the verge of hell". The Times of Israel . Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. 1 2 Connan, Julie (2024-10-09). "Israeli–Palestinian conflict: "There is no desire for peace right now"". La croix international. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Rosenberg, Yair (2023-10-09). "'We're Going to Die Here'". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  7. ↑ "'No one to talk to': Israelis feel abandoned by trusted army after terror assault". The Times of Israel. October 10, 2023. Archived from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Tibon, Amir (October 8, 2023). "My 62-year-old Dad Fought Hamas Terrorists to Free My Family. The Israeli State Failed Us" . Haaretz. Archived from the original on 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  9. ↑ "Israeli film on October 7 wins TIFF's People's Choice award | The Jerusalem Post". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2025-09-15. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  10. ↑ Slisco, Aila (2023-10-10). "Hamas attack survivor slams Josh Hawley's Israel response: "Shame on you"". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  11. 1 2 Strasser, Max (2024-10-07). "Reckoning With Israel's Past Is Hard. The Present Is Harder". The New York Times .
  12. ↑ Sales, Ben. "Israeli journalist Amir Tibon survived the Oct. 7 massacre. He worries the country won't". The Times of Israel . Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  13. ↑ Newman, Marissa (4 September 2015). "Reporters to PM: Cancel IBA ban on expressing political opinions". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  14. 1 2 Margalit, Ruth (2016-07-30). "How Benjamin Netanyahu Is Crushing Israel's Free Press" . The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  15. ↑ Grinspan, Lautaro (2019-03-24). "Meet the Foreign Correspondents Trying to Translate Trump's America for the Folks Back Home". Washingtonian. Archived from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  16. ↑ Perlez, Jane (2020-04-13). "The Journalists". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  17. ↑ Mackinnon, Amy; Palder, Darcy (2020-06-08). "Explaining America to the World" . Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  18. ↑ "What The U.S. Election Meltdown Looks Like to Other Countries". Politico. 2020-11-22. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  19. ↑ Rumley, Grant; Tibon, Amir (2017). The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN   9781633882997 – via Internet Archive.
  20. ↑ O’Malley, JP (23 September 2017). "The nonexistent rise and tragic plateau of PA President Mahmoud Abbas". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  21. ↑ "The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival and Hope on Israel's Borderlands". Jewish Book Council. 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  22. ↑ Behr, Rafael (2024-11-30). "The Gates of Gaza by Amir Tibon review – a survivor's account of 7 October". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  23. ↑ "The Killing of Gaza by Gideon Levy & The Gates of Gaza by Amir Tibon: Two very different books". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  24. ↑ Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (2015-01-15). "The Finalists for the National Magazine Awards Are …". Observer . Archived from the original on 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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