CROSSING THE RED LINE is the definitive account of the Biden admin's horrific choices on Gaza –a vital record for any discussion of the US role in Israel-Palestine I'm honored to be discussing the book w/ @michellegoldberg.bsky.social in NY. Tickets now available! mcnallyjackson.com/event/2026-0...

"Now, members of Biden’s team are attempting to explain their decisions. You can decide whether those explanations are persuasive" Appreciate a shout-out for CROSSING THE RED LINE -the full story of Biden's choices despite options to save lives, available for pre-order: bookshop.org/p/books/cros...

The Democratic Party refused to budge on Gaza when they could have saved lives. Now, their stubbornness is being successfully challenged—most recently in Michigan To understand what drove their horrifying failure in the Biden era +what a new approach could look like, pre-order CROSSING THE RED LINE

The dynamic between Trump & the military, especially leadership, is one of the key reasons for US failure in the Iran war. I appreciated @amprestigepod.bsky.social having me on to discuss that relationship and other factors in the president’s thinking - catch us wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Some context on the organizing + strategy that drove last night’s results — and their significance for US politics more broadly. www.notus.org/campaigns/is...

I’ll soon launch CROSSING THE RED LINE—my book probing how+why the Biden admin enabled untold suffering in Gaza. This record is key to understanding both current US politics & more humane future policy. Humbled to be discussing w/the kind @mehdirhasan.bsky.social in DC on 9/29. Mark your calendars!

Biden aides are becoming more willing to talk Gaza— chiefly to deflect responsibility. CROSSING THE RED LINE, my book based on ~175 interviews with insiders, tells the true story of their daily choices to fuel mass atrocities To support accountability, pre-order today or ask your library to order 🙏

Thank you to @publisherswkly.bsky.social for specially featuring CROSSING THE RED LINE in this week’s issue. The definitive accounting of the Biden admin’s choices to enable mass killing in Gaza — and how much officials knew as they did so — is available for pre-order: bookshop.org/p/books/cros...

"Senior White House officials described themselves to me as almost powerless in the face of Israel's emotional response to 10/7.. The Biden admin's grudging acquiescence now looks like the beginning of a pattern of credulous capitulation" Key details here on Gaza. More soon in CROSSING THE RED LINE

Trump is introducing a new visa hurdle for reporters working for international news orgs. @spj-posts.bsky.social, seeking help from Congress: "The last thing we want is for the US to join ranks with China in the way it treats foreign journalists..& yet that now appears to be the way we are heading"

Joe Biden is out with a video burnishing his record & pitching his book. Gaza is ignored. He also ignored requests for my book charting his devastating record on Israel-Palestine + its toll. But a reckoning with his choices is vital. CROSSING THE RED LINE is out 9/22: wwnorton.com/books/978132...

I’m honored to share that CROSSING THE RED LINE has received a starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social The Biden administration’s choices on Gaza drove horrors & continue to destabilize our world. My “highly incriminating report,” based on ~175 interviews with insiders & more, is out 9/22

Significant for the question of Gaza in Democratic primaries/politics - and ahead of a big looming test in Michigan in August: the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace is making its first-ever Senate endorsement , for @abdulelsayed.bsky.social through its political arm.

Grateful to @rhodesben.bsky.social for his full quote: “There can be no full understanding of the genocide in Gaza without a reckoning with America’s open spigot of weapons to the Israeli government.. [CROSSING THE RED LINE accounts] for what happened to hopefully ensure it doesn’t happen again.”

"A meticulously reported record of the key moments, behind-the-scenes decisions & political rationalizations of a Biden admin that could not find a way to say no to the unthinkable [in Gaza]..essential reading"- Ben Rhodes CROSSING THE RED LINE is now 25% off www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crossing-t...?

Grateful to Ben Rhodes for his full blurb: “There can be no full understanding of the genocide in Gaza without a reckoning with America’s providing an open spigot of weapons to the Israeli government.. [CROSSING THE RED LINE accounts] for what happened to hopefully ensure it doesn’t happen again."

Full quote from Khaled—a vital & generous voice. “The captivating & often disturbing inside story of how the Biden admin.. consistently chose to ignore its own ‘red lines,’ with devastating consequences for Palestinians & the entire region” Pre-order today!

Per @elgindy.bsky.social CROSSING THE RED LINE is “timely, richly sourced & eye-opening..one of the most important political books of our time + an indispensable resource” We’re still seeing the toll of Biden’s Gaza choices. My record of his policy is 25% off: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crossing-t...

Joy's full quote, on how Biden and his team chose a chilling path on Gaza that enabled "the depravity of a second Trump regime" I'm so thankful for her support for my work through the years. And I hope you'll pre-order the book to boost its reach & inform discussions about the US & Israel-Palestine

Full quote from Spencer, who made me blush with "Akbar Shahid Ahmed, the best journalist covering the Biden-Harris administration's foreign policy." Thank you to an inspiring & gracious fellow journo. Pre-order CROSSING THE RED LINE now to support a reckoning over the Biden administration & Gaza.

Per Bartov: A "clear-headed & well-documented account.. of the fecklessness & incompetence of the Biden admin's response to the Hamas massacre of 10/7 + wholesale complicity in the genocidal assault by Israel on Gaza" Order to support a vital reckoning for US foreign policy & the Democratic Party.

Leqaa Kordia — held by ICE for more than a year over pro-Palestine activism & hospitalized amid conditions she compared to Israeli tactics in the West Bank — is on the Hill today with Rashida Tlaib. Her lawyer says she faced “dehumanization” & advocates here hold signs reading “ABOLISH DETENTION.”

NEW: For 9 months, Trump has claimed a "license to kill" that experts in the law of war + human rights describe as even scarier than his escalations with Iran Now his boat strikes - which have killed >190 - face a moment of truth that could spur a bigger reckoning over Trump's use of military force

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin should be freed immediately.

My final splash for @huffpost.com after nearly 12 years - on today's historic rebuke by senators of bombs and bulldozers for Israel. www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...

Meanwhile @kaine.senate.gov has confirmed he will vote against weapons transfers to Israel given its wars in Iran, Lebanon & Palestine:

NEW: A key Senate vote today could send a big signal about the US-Israel relationship & Trump's wars—and the future of the Democratic Party Details on who to watch as the chamber considers $450 million in bombs+bulldozers + how this fits into other anti-war efforts: www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

Grateful to Van Lathan & Rachel Lindsay for inviting me back on to discuss the US/Israel/Iran & Trump's attempt at diplomacy. Also: how the Biden admin put us on the path to this scary moment. More in CROSSING THE RED LINE, out in September. Give us a watch/listen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5xT...

Amid an insane, alarming news cycle, I’ve been pretty quiet on here. I just spent a week in the intensive Georgetown Leadership Seminar—learning from incredible people from dozens of countries & questioning the US foreign policy establishment in a new format. Grateful for the chance. Back to work!

News from Iran & Lebanon increasingly resembles years of bloodshed in Gaza—civilian areas pummeled, international law ignored & a spiral of war endangering millions. Understanding why means understanding the US-Israel dynamic in one key period: under President Joe Biden, after October 7, 2023 (1/4)