Book Links Biden Gaza Policy to Trump's 2024 Return
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- Akbar Shahid Ahmed, journalist and author of "Crossing the Red Line," appeared on Al Jazeera's "The Take" podcast to discuss his new book on the US response to October 7, 2023.
- The book argues the Biden administration never wavered in its support of Israel after October 7, 2023, according to the episode description.
- Ahmed contends the administration's response reshaped the Democratic Party, with three subsequent primary elections cited as evidence of the party's evolving base.
- The book argues the administration's October 7 response planted roots for Donald Trump's 2024 presidential return.
- The episode frames events "inside the White House" after October 7 as having changed the course of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza and US domestic politics.
Why it matters: Ahmed's book joins a growing post-election reckoning over whether Biden's Israel policy cost Democrats key voter blocs. By tracing White House post-October 7 decisions to Trump's 2024 return, the argument reframes a foreign policy stance as a driver of domestic political realignment that Democratic primaries are now registering.
