Amir Tibon Explained

Native Name:אמיר תיבון
Native Name Lang:he
Birth Date:11 February 1989
Occupation:Israeli journalist, writer, diplomatic correspondent
Spouse:Miri
Children:2 daughters

Amir Tibon (he|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

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

On 7 October 2023, Nahal Oz was attacked by Hamas militants while Tibon and his family were at home. They remained in their house's safe room for ten hours until Tibon's father,, a retired general, arrived from Tel Aviv, along with an Israeli soldier he picked up along the way.[5] Following his rescue, Tibon stated in an article on his experience that "the Israeli state failed us".[6]

On 9 October 2023, Tibon criticized American senator Josh Hawley for suggesting that American funding for Ukraine be redirected to Israel.[7]

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.[8] In 2016, Tibon wrote an article critical of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Walla.[9] The Prime Minister's Office unsuccessfully pressured the site to remove Tibon's article.

Tibon began working as a Washington correspondent for Haaretz in early 2017, the week of Donald Trump's inauguration.[10] He continued working as a Washington correspondent through 2020.[11] [12] [13]

Tibon co-authored a biography of Mahmoud Abbas, entitled The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas, which was published in 2017.[14] [15] [16]

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.[17]

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".[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Kingsley . Patrick Kingsley . Patrick Kingsley (journalist) . 2023-10-08 . 'There were terrorists inside': An Israeli recounts how militants invaded his village. . . live . subscription . 2023-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231012001329/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/08/world/middleeast/israel-village-hamas-attack.html . 2023-10-12 .
  2. Web site: 2023-10-02 . Amir Tibon . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230729155632/https://www.haaretz.com/ty-WRITER/0000017f-da25-d42c-afff-dff77f020000 . 2023-07-29 . 2023-10-12 . Haaretz . en.
  3. Web site: Medad . Yisrael . Yisrael Medad . Pollak . Eli . 2016-08-03 . MEDIA COMMENT: 'The New York Times' accuses again . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230919055937/https://www.jpost.com/opinion/media-comment-the-new-york-times-accuses-again-463146 . 2023-09-19 . 2023-10-12 . The Jerusalem Post .
  4. Web site: Tibon . Amir . 29 October 2015 . Why I've made my home at a kibbutz near Gaza, on the verge of hell . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221205204713/https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-ive-made-my-home-at-a-kibbutz-near-gaza-on-the-verge-of-hell/ . 5 December 2022 . 12 October 2023 . .
  5. Web site: October 10, 2023 . 'No one to talk to': Israelis feel abandoned by trusted army after terror assault . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231011123355/https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-one-to-talk-to-israelis-feel-abandoned-by-trusted-army-after-terror-assault/ . 11 October 2023 . 12 October 2023 . The Times of Israel .
  6. News: Tibon . Amir . October 8, 2023 . My 62-year-old Dad Fought Hamas Terrorists to Free My Family. The Israeli State Failed Us . Haaretz . live . subscription . 2023-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231011181839/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-08/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/my-62-year-old-dad-fought-hamas-terrorists-to-free-my-family-the-israeli-state-failed-us/0000018b-1068-dcc2-a99b-15794b0d0000 . 2023-10-11.
  7. Web site: Slisco . Aila . 2023-10-10 . Hamas attack survivor slams Josh Hawley's Israel response: "Shame on you" . 2023-10-12 . Newsweek . en . 2023-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231011193654/https://www.newsweek.com/hamas-attack-survivor-slams-josh-hawleys-israel-response-shame-you-1833582 . live .
  8. Web site: Newman . Marissa . 4 September 2015 . Reporters to PM: Cancel IBA ban on expressing political opinions . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190209222710/http://www.timesofisrael.com/reporters-to-pm-cancel-iba-ban-on-expressing-political-opinions/ . 9 February 2019 . 12 October 2023 . The Times of Israel .
  9. News: Margalit . Ruth . 2016-07-30 . How Benjamin Netanyahu Is Crushing Israel's Free Press . The New York Times . live . subscription . 2023-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221130045128/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/opinion/sunday/how-benjamin-netanyahu-is-crushing-israels-free-press.html . 2022-11-30 .
  10. Web site: Grinspan . Lautaro . 2019-03-24 . Meet the Foreign Correspondents Trying to Translate Trump's America for the Folks Back Home . 2023-10-12 . Washingtonian . en-US . 2023-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230214183054/https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/03/24/meet-the-foreign-correspondents-trying-to-translate-trumps-america-for-the-folks-back-home/ . live .
  11. News: Perlez . Jane . Jane Perlez . 2020-04-13 . The Journalists . The New York Times . live . 2023-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230602011131/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/13/t-magazine/foreign-correspondents.html . 2023-06-02 .
  12. Web site: Mackinnon . Amy . Palder . Darcy . 2020-06-08 . Explaining America to the World . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231012104632/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/08/george-floyd-protests-black-lives-matter-foreign-media-view-united-states/ . 2023-10-12 . 2023-10-12 . Foreign Policy .
  13. Web site: 2020-11-22 . What The U.S. Election Meltdown Looks Like to Other Countries . 2023-10-12 . POLITICO . en . 2023-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230529102136/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/22/us-election-foreign-observers-438691 . live .
  14. Web site: Rosenberg . Yair . 2023-10-09 . 'We're Going to Die Here' . 2023-10-12 . The Atlantic . en . 2023-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231011193419/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/amir-tibon-how-his-family-survived-hamas-massacre/675596/ . live .
  15. Book: Rumley . Grant . The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas . Tibon . Amir . . 2017 . 9781633882997 . Amherst, New York . Internet Archive.
  16. Web site: O’Malley . JP . 23 September 2017 . The nonexistent rise and tragic plateau of PA President Mahmoud Abbas . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220330000844/https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-nonexistent-rise-and-tragic-plateau-of-pa-president-mahmoud-abbas/ . 30 March 2022 . 12 October 2023 . The Times of Israel .
  17. Web site: 2024 . The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival and Hope on Israel's Borderlands . 2024-08-10 . Jewish Book Council . en.
  18. Web site: Bloomgarden-Smoke . Kara . 2015-01-15 . The Finalists for the National Magazine Awards Are … . 2023-10-12 . . en-US . 2023-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231012104632/https://observer.com/2015/01/the-finalists-for-the-national-magazine-awards-are/ . live .

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