Amir Tibon

Amir Tibon (; born 11 February 1989) is an Israeli journalist and writer. He works for Haaretz, but has also worked for Walla! News and as a diplomatic correspondent.

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

In the early 2000s, Amir Tibon was a resident of Tel Aviv. On October 8, Tibon wrote about his experience stating "the Israeli state failed us".

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

The 2025 Canadian documentary film The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue documented the 2023 rescue of Tibon and his family. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2025, and won the TIFF People's Choice Award, Documentary.

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. In 2016, Tibon wrote an article critical of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Walla. The Prime Minister's Office unsuccessfully pressured the site to remove Tibon's article. He continued working as a Washington correspondent through 2020.

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

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.

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".

In 2026, Tibon won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for his book The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel's Borderlands. The book is a nonfiction about Israeli communities near the border with the Gaza Strip and the 7 October 2023 attacks.