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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 5h

CROSSING THE RED LINE is an audiobook too! To better grasp America’s horrific role in Gaza and patterns of US-Israel + Biden-Trump impunity, give it a listen — via Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google, Audible or the audiobook libraries Hoopla & Overdrive 🎧🙏🏽

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Shining brighter by the day ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ Subscribe! www.washingtonsun.com/subscribe

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Thank you to @lawfaremedia.org for a detailed chat about CROSSING THE RED LINE 🙏🏽 We discussed the Biden admin’s perversion of government processes to sustain weapons for Israel, its choices to fuel bloodshed in Gaza & danger for Isr hostages+more & bids by Brett McGurk and others to rewrite history

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Intelligence about the planned horrors of 10/7 didn’t reach DC, former Biden staff say. But they & lawmakers say that raises questions about US-Israel ties — and ex-US officials say the Biden admin missed repeated warnings of rising risks + Isr views of Hamas www.washingtonsun.com/foreign-poli...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Wonderful to have a full house & an intelligent, inquisitive crowd for my discussion of CROSSING THE RED LINE at @msudenver today 🙏🏽 Next few stops for in-person discussions of US complicity in Gaza & lessons for a more humane foreign policy: MA & ME. Hope to see you there!

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just a little over 2 weeks until I'll be discussing CROSSING THE RED LINE at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social with the inimitable Indira Lakshmanan Hope to see Boston-area folks there- & if you have friends/contacts in the area who are eager for accountability for Gaza, please put this on their radar!

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Denver Press Club is incredible! Thank you to “friends of journalism” & to those who came out last night to discuss CROSSING THE RED LINE & the truth about US complicity in Gaza I’m doing another talk in town on 10/5 if you couldn’t make it! msudenver.enterprise.localist.com/event/crossi...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m taking off for Denver shortly. So excited to share the message of CROSSING THE RED LINE with folks there tonight — please join us if you can! denverpressclub.wildapricot.org/event-6814350

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Grateful to the many who turned out tonight — including the iconic Professor Rashid Khalidi 🙏🏽

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cannot wait to get into the processs of reporting out CROSSING THE RED LINE with @azmatzahra.bsky.social at @columbiajournalism.bsky.social tonight Join us! Spots have been claimed but worth trying through the waitlist 🙏🏽 journalism.columbia.edu/events/cross...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

At 1pm ET tomorrow I’ll be discussing CROSSING THE RED LINE live online with the talented @alexbkane.bsky.social for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social Join us if you can 🙏🏽🧿 secure.jewishcurrents.org/nx/portal/ne...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

An incredible 220 people came out last night to hear a discussion of accountability for Gaza. I’m grateful beyond words. A huge thank you too to @premthakker.bsky.social More talks soon in NY, Denver, Boston, Portland, Chicago & more! 🧿🙏🏽

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

CROSSING THE RED LINE has been out for less than a week. The reaction’s already so gratifying (& slightly overwhelming). I’m humbled + eager to keep discussing my extensive reporting on the Biden team’s appalling Gaza choices, continuity with Trump & crucial lessons from their record. Tour details!

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"The reason we need to look at the Biden admin's atrocious policymaking on Gaza is exemplified by this week at the UN.. The biggest event yesterday was [his advisor] Brett McGurk [on Syria]—which shows you architects of this policy are coming back to shape our era" www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In addressing how Biden enabled Netanyahu’s dubious portrayal of anti-war protesters as Iranian stooges, this section also includes big revelations about the Biden team’s treatment of intelligence over Gaza. Their approach caused alarm in Congress, among intel professionals & among their own staff.

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm honored an excerpt from CROSSING THE RED LINE is out in @us.theguardian.com My reporting found the patterns among Biden-Harris officials which fueled atrocities in Israel-Palestine also shaped the doomed Biden-Harris campaign. Votes driven by Gaza since have demonstrated why a reckoning is key.

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The New York Times on CROSSING THE RED LINE: “Indispensable... Ahmed doesn’t merely document decisions [by Biden & his aides on Gaza]. He also illuminates the habits of mind that underlay those decisions—habits that will require a political revolution if the Democrats want to uproot them."

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thrilled to celebrate @mehdirhasan.bsky.social’s launch of @zeteo.uk - subscribe today!

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Wonderful to discuss CROSSING THE RED LINE with the brilliant @owenjones.bsky.social - interview out soon! Amid increasing efforts to rewrite history on Gaza, the Biden era & American complicity, secure your copy of the book telling the true story now: www.waterstones.com/book/crossin...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Speaking with MPs in Parliament this week, I explained how the UK’s shift on Israel-Palestine is a start to addressing the patterns that drove horrors as the Biden administration crafted its post-Oct 7 policy. My book CROSSING THE RED LINE highlights history that’s key for a more humane approach.

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Tonight is the London launch of CROSSING THE RED LINE—the definitive account of how the Biden administration fueled bloodshed in Gaza & chaos today. It’s a resource for posterity and, I hope, more humane future policy Please join us at the iconic Frontline Club! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Tonight is the London launch of CROSSING THE RED LINE — the definitive account of how the Biden administration fueled bloodshed in Gaza & chaos today. It’s a resource for posterity and, I hope, more humane future policy 🙏🏽 Join us at the iconic Frontline Club! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

‪Based on ~175 interviews, my book is the definitive record of Biden & Gaza Pre-release, we’re seeing convenient lines out from aides from Blinken to Finer. The real story’s here—now 25% off:‬ ‪https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crossing-the-red-line-akbar-shahid-ahmed/1149229775?ean=9781324118190 ‬

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Biden administration officials are determined to deflect responsibility for the tens of thousands of preventable deaths among Palestinians, Israelis+Lebanese that they fueled. The views from Blinken reported here echo what my in-depth reporting found. Much more in CROSSING THE RED LINE, out 9/22.

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Pinching myself: after umpteen visits to @shakespeareandcompany.com as a reader, I walked in today as an author. I got to sign inserts that will soon go into copies of CROSSING THE RED LINE. In Paris or beyond, I hope you’ll order your copy soon! The definitive probe of Biden & Gaza is out 9/22. 🥖📚

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Biden advisors spent their final months in office working with Trump’s team to enshrine US regional policies aligned with Netanyahu — rejecting advice to finally break their pattern of doing so. Now Brett McGurk is being promoted by the admin. Much more on his interactions with them in my book.

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I was grateful for an in-depth discussion of Biden, Gaza & lessons for future US policy in Israel-Palestine on @aljazeera.com today Interview out soon! My book CROSSING THE RED LINE is available now: wwnorton.com/books/978132...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Reporting out CROSSING THE RED LINE, I spoke with people far more knowledgeable about the US role in Israel-Palestine than me. It’s been gratifying for figures with that kind of authority to endorse the book — like former adviser to the Palestinian leadership + noted analyst @elgindy.bsky.social.

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Releasing CROSSING THE RED LINE is exciting — and scary. But I've been fortunate to receive support from incredible writers + thinkers I shared an early copy with the iconic @joyannreid.bsky.social, who recommended its "exceptional sourcing and clarity" in analyzing the Biden team's failure on Gaza

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Pakistan turned 79 yesterday. August 14 always makes me think of my grandmother, who believed fiercely in independence from colonial rule + building a new nation. She left behind family in India & spent >40 years fighting for progress—from working as the country’s first woman editor+publisher to..

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🚨 CROSSING THE RED LINE was recommended on today’s episode of @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social as “a very in-depth reportage.” I’m grateful to Linda Kinstler & hopeful that the book’s message of clarity about the Biden administration’s options + failures on Gaza will reach the broadest possible audience.

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"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...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

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

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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!

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

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...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

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!

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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 🙏

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

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...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"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

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

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"

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

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...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

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

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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.

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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.”

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

"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...?

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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."

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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!

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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...

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

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

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