Akbar Shahid Ahmed's banner
Akbar Shahid Ahmed's profile picture

Akbar Shahid Ahmed

@AkbarSAhmed • 32,877 subscribers

Diplomatic Correspondent @notusreports. CROSSING THE RED LINE on Biden/Gaza @WWNorton fall 2026. He/him. [email protected] or akbar.58 on Signal.

Shorts

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. CROSSING THE RED LINE, the book I’ve been working on for more than 2 years, documents the Biden administration’s failures in Gaza & beyond. I conducted over 150 interviews to detail why the US enabled unimaginable violence against Palestinians and Lebanese, and ignored off-ramps toward peace – with Biden drawing a red line, yet still rushing weapons to Israel after Benjamin Netanyahu crossed it. He sent Israel a message of impunity and sent Americans a message of disdain and incompetence, helping Donald Trump win back power. I’m thrilled to share that the book is now available for pre-order at These orders affect availability in bookstores, my publisher’s decisions about printing numbers + more. If accountability for Palestine matters to you, or if my investigative reporting has ever struck a chord, please place an order. To those who made this possible, in my life and at Norton: I can’t thank you enough. Onward to publication day: September 22!

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. CROSSING THE RED LINE, the book I’ve been working on for more than 2 years, documents the Biden administration’s failures in Gaza & beyond. I conducted over 150 interviews to detail why the US enabled unimaginable violence against Palestinians and Lebanese, and ignored off-ramps toward peace – with Biden drawing a red line, yet still rushing weapons to Israel after Benjamin Netanyahu crossed it. He sent Israel a message of impunity and sent Americans a message of disdain and incompetence, helping Donald Trump win back power. I’m thrilled to share that the book is now available for pre-order at These orders affect availability in bookstores, my publisher’s decisions about printing numbers + more. If accountability for Palestine matters to you, or if my investigative reporting has ever struck a chord, please place an order. To those who made this possible, in my life and at Norton: I can’t thank you enough. Onward to publication day: September 22!

285,736 Aufrufe