"Crossing the Red Line": Akbar Shahid Ahmed on Biden, His Advisers, Harris & Israel's War in Gaza

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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We speak with journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed, whose new book, Crossing the Red Line, looks at how President Joe Biden and top figures in his administration supported Israel's brutal war in Gaza despite the soaring death toll and growing alarm over widespread war crimes committed by the Israeli military. "The policies that we've seen entrenched and, frankly, worsened and become more dangerous and deadly under Donald Trump were really established by Biden's team," says Ahmed, who says there is "bipartisan continuity" on Israel-Palestine between the two presidents. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

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