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

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]

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]

On 9 October 2023, Tibon criticized American senator Josh Hawley for suggesting that American funding for Ukraine be redirected to Israel. [9] Tibon considers himself a "left-leaning" Zionist. [10] 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. [11]

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. [12] In 2016, Tibon wrote an article critical of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Walla. [13] The Prime Minister's Office unsuccessfully pressured the site to remove Tibon's article. [13]

Tibon began working as a Washington correspondent for Haaretz in early 2017, the week of Donald Trump's inauguration. [14] He continued working as a Washington correspondent through 2020. [15] [16] [17]

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] [18] [19]

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. [20] [21] [10] [22]

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". [23]

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. ↑ 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.
  10. 1 2 Strasser, Max (2024-10-07). "Reckoning With Israel's Past Is Hard. The Present Is Harder". The New York Times .
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ Perlez, Jane (2020-04-13). "The Journalists". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ "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.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ "The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival and Hope on Israel's Borderlands". Jewish Book Council. 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ "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.
  23. ↑ 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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