Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel’s War in Gaza

Akbar Shahid Ahmed chronicles the long series of missteps made by the Biden-Harris administration as they enabled Israel’s campaign in Gaza following the horrific Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023.

Through nearly 175 interviews with government insiders and other key players, Ahmed offers an authoritative account of a defining failure of American foreign policy.

Crossing the Red Line has been named one of the most anticipated books of 2026 by LitHub and Publishers Weekly (among their top 10 Politics books for the fall), and a BuzzBook by Publishers Marketplace. The book has received a rare starred review from Publishers Weekly.

“A meticulously reported record of the key moments, behind-the-scenes decisions, and political rationalizations of a Biden administration that could not find a way to say no to the unthinkable. This is essential reading to account for what happened and to hopefully ensure that it doesn’t happen again.” —Ben Rhodes, deputy U.S. national security advisor under President Barack Obama and New York Times best-selling author of After the Fall

“This book is a must-read for anyone who still cares about the use of American power for good rather than evil. It is also a clarion call to liberate U.S. policymakers from the hold of Israel extremists and their American lobbyists.” Omer Bartov, Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Brown University.

Akbar Shahid Ahmed is the Diplomatic Correspondent at NOTUS, based in Washington, D.C. Ahmed has received a Writers Guild Award and a New York Press Club Award, and twice been named a finalist for the Livingston Award – the “Pulitzer for the young.” He is a Yale graduate who, for 12 years, covered foreign policy at HuffPost. A regular contributor to MS NOW and NPR.

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