Amir Tibon

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

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][5] The couple has two daughters.[5]

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

On 9 October 2023, Tibon criticized American Senator Josh Hawley for suggesting that American funding for Ukraine be redirected to Israel.[8]

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.[9]In 2016, Tibon wrote an article critical of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Walla.[10] The Prime Minister's Office unsuccessful pressured the site to remove Tibon's article.[10]

Tibon began working as a Washington correspondent for Haaretz in early 2017, the week of Donald Trump's inauguration.[11] He continued working as a Washington correspondent through 2020.[12][13][14]

Tibon co-authored a biography of Mahmoud Abbas, entitled The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas, which was published in 2017.[5][15][16]

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”.[17]

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. 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. 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.
  6. "'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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Perlez, Jane (2020-04-13). "The Journalists". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  13. 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.
  14. "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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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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