Jon Gerberg

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Senior Video Journalist at The Washington Post

Senior Video Journalist @washingtonpost

Articles

A South American waterway becomes a cocaine superhighway

Dec 28, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Samantha Schmidt |Jon Gerberg |Júlia Ledur |Sebastián López Brach

8 minIt was envisioned to be the Mississippi River of South America. The Paraguay-Paraná waterway runs about 2,100 miles, connects at least 150 ports in five countries and serves as the most important commercial river routeon the continent. In 1992, the five countries - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay - agreed to establish the two natural rivers, which meet at the Paraguay-Argentina border, as a transit route for goods, dredging them to allow commercial traffic.
Israel wants civilians to arm up, and gun permit applications are soaring

Dec 8, 2023 | stripes.com | Claire Parker |Jon Gerberg |Judith Sudilovsky |John Hudson

Off-duty Israeli reserve soldiers with their weapons in Tel Aviv in November. (Heidi Levine for The Washington Post) JERUSALEM — Since Hamas rampaged through Israeli communities on Oct.7, the government here has promoted a simple message: Guns save lives.
Israel wants civilians to arm up. Gun permit applications are soaring.

Dec 8, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Claire Parker |Jon Gerberg |Judith Sudilovsky |John Hudson

CommentSaveJERUSALEM — Since Hamas rampaged through Israeli communities on Oct.7, the government here has promoted a simple message: Guns save lives. Using rhetoric redolent of gun rights advocates in the United States, hard-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir has pushed to loosen firearm licensing requirements and create more civilian “standby teams” to harden communities against a repeat of the deadly surprise attack. “In the right hands, a weapon can save lives.
Hamas attack survivors recount horrors they saw during rampage in Israel

Oct 13, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Jon Gerberg |Miriam Berger |Whitney Shefte |Zoeann Murphy

This browser does not support the video element. Middle EastBy Zoeann Murphy, Jon Gerberg, Miriam Berger and Whitney Shefte | Oct 13, 2023At a crowded resort on the Dead Sea, the survivors of Hamas’s attack on Kibbutz Kissufim keep reliving the nightmare. Their small farming collective of 300 people was a paradise, they remembered. But that’s all it is now — a memory. In the early hours of Saturday, their home became a scene of gun battles, kidnappings and slaughter.
Poll: Why do Americans own AR-15s?

Mar 30, 2023 | adn.com | Jon Gerberg
Why do Americans own AR-15s?

Mar 29, 2023 | recordpatriot.com | Jon Gerberg
Why do Americans own AR-15s?

Mar 27, 2023 | sfgate.com | Jon Gerberg
Turmoil in Israel adds edge to Biden's democracy summit

Mar 26, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Aadit Tambe |Jon Gerberg |Hannah Allam
Why do people own AR-15s? 33% of owners cited self-defense, poll finds

Mar 26, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Emily Guskin |Aadit Tambe |Jon Gerberg

The AR-15 is the best-selling rifle in the United States, industry figures indicate. Almost every major gunmaker now produces its own version of the weapon, which dominates gun dealers’ walls and websites. Critics claim that the military-style gun has no legitimate civilian use — yet about 1 in 20 Americans own one. So who chooses to buy an AR-15, and why?
'What if gay marriage is the next thing?' Fear, uncertainty after Roe decision

Jun 24, 2022 | s2.washingtonpost.com | Vanessa Williams |Jon Gerberg |Harmeet Kaur |Lois Beckett