Eyewitness to Atrocity

Join JTA and Washington Hebrew Congregation to hear the gripping true story of how leading Israeli journalist Amir Tibon, along with his wife and their two young children, were rescued from Kibbutz Nahal Oz on Oct. 7, 2023, by Tibon’s own father — an incredible tale of survival that also reveals the deep tensions and systemic failures that led to Hamas’ attacks that day.

In The Gates of Gaza, Amir Tibon tells this harrowing story in full for the first time. He describes his family’s ordeal — and the bravery that ultimately led to their rescue — alongside the histories of the place they call home and the systems of power that have kept them and their neighbors in Gaza in harm’s way for decades.

Woven throughout is Tibon’s own expertise as a longtime international correspondent, as well as more than 30 original interviews: with residents of his kibbutz, with the Israeli soldiers who helped to wrest it from the hands of Hamas, and with experts on Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the failed peace process. More than one family’s odyssey, The Gates of Gaza is the intimate story of a tight-knit community and the broader saga of war, occupation, and hostility between two national movements — a conflict that has not yet extinguished the enduring hope for peace.

At this event, Tibon's first in the United States discussing the book, he will be in coversation with acclaimed New Yorker writer Susan Glasser. A book signing will follow the program.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amir Tibon is an award-winning Israeli journalist who covers diplomatic affairs for Haaretz, Israel’s newspaper of record. His writing on Israel and the Middle East has appeared in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Foreign Affairs and other leading U.S. publications. He and his family survived the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Kibbutz Nahal Oz, a small community on the Israel-Gaza border where they had made their home.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Susan Glasser has served as the top editor of several Washington publications, including Politico, where she founded the award-winning Politico Magazine, and Foreign Policy, which won three National Magazine Awards, among other honors, during her tenure as editor in chief. Before that, she worked for a decade at the Washington Post, where she was the editor of Outlook and national news.

Presented by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Washington Hebrew Congregation, this event is co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington and Temple Rodef Shalom.

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