Mohamad Bazzi

“Under any other president, a UAE royal secretly paying $500 million to the Trump family’s crypto business would cause a political earthquake in Washington. There would be demands for an investigation by Congress, televised hearings, and months of damage control” — my latest @theguardian.com

Glenn Dubin was one of 14 people that Rep Massie said ought to be investigated for conspiring with Epstein. Dubin has denied any knowledge of Epstein's crimes. We looked into Dubin's affiliation with Mt Sinai, and found he stepped down from the board this year www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“The infrastructure of America’s forever wars has endured and evolved in Gaza to enable a new doctrine, one in which the killings of Palestinian journalists may not merely be the tragic effect of a wayward system, but perhaps its very design” — essential CJR essay by @azmatzahra.bsky.social

This is both an accurate and healthy message, and a stunning reversal of 35 years of America’s Middle East.

“MBS could increase pressure on Trump by threatening to withhold Saudi investments in the president’s family business. That’s the danger underlying Trump’s corrupt and transactional style of governing: US interests can be subsumed by wealthy autocrats who try to exploit Trump through his businesses”

“MBS, like the leaders of other Arab petrostates who have invested billions of dollars to appease Trump, is learning a hard lesson: never count on Trump to protect you” — my latest for @us.theguardian.com

“Mediacide in Gaza” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social

“Our case is the most documented instance of Israeli forces targeting the press on record... If we cannot get answers in the face of such overwhelming evidence, what does it mean for the hundreds of journalists killed by Israeli fire throughout the region for which there is no such evidence?”

The Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ Commitment is tied to Israeli Colonialism

Excellent statement by @amejaglobal.bsky.social, which condemns Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza, Lebanon and across the Middle East — and calls on news organizations not to repeat claims made in the IDF’s “Press Files” without independent verification | ameja.org/statements/i...

Some incredible regional solidarity from several journalist union and syndicate groups from Lebanon, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine, and Sudan with Egyptian independent investigative journalism platform @matsadaash.bsky.social following the arrest of their entire newsroom syja.org/archives/33512

The Physicians Keeping Gaza Alive www.juancole.com/2026/10/phys...

Today I announced MERIP’s fall fundraising campaign with a special note. It’s been truly invigorating to be leading this small organization through a new period of growth and relevance, and to see support come from truly wide corners where friends and comrades are standing up for us.

“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social

“Netanyahu is using Mamdani as a foil in his re-election campaign... Netanyahu, who is often described as ‘the great survivor’ of Israeli politics, has decades of experience demonizing his opponents and focusing Israelis on external enemies” — my latest for @us.theguardian.com

“Israel’s Likud party has been whipping up an election frenzy against Mamdani since the summer, when it plastered his photo on a campaign billboard in central Tel Aviv. The poster features Mamdani alongside the leaders of Iran, Turkey and Hezbollah” — my latest for @theguardian.com

This is what happens when you bomb the country you're negotiating with twice — in the middle of negotiations. They demand concessions up front.

This appallingly means that over a third of Americans think favorably of his presidency. That’s no reason to celebrate.

Americans should pay attention to the systematic manipulation of voter rolls in India — in the name of purging ineligible voters — and be afraid. Be very afraid.

1/ The commanders of the Israeli army unit implementing Israel's campaign of starvation against Palestinians in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 should be sanctioned, said DAWN in sanctions referrals with governments of US, UK, Canada, Norway and Australia today.

With Trump threatening to “annihilate” Iran in his UN speech today, here's my recent @us.theguardian.com column on how Gaza paved the way for Trump’s repeated threats to wipe out Iran and its civilization

“For now, Trump has ruled out direct US attacks against the Houthis, despite appeals from his ally and benefactor Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia and MBS became a crucial source of new real estate and other deals for the Trump Organization while Trump was out of power” — my latest @theguardian.com

On 16 September 1982, Lebanese Phalange militiamen allied with Israel stormed into the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut and massacred over 3,000 civilians. Israeli troops surrounded the camps, and allowed the militias to kill for days. 44 years later, no one has been held accountable.

"The Secretary of Defense is a war criminal and a murderer, and he should be made to answer for his crimes." daniellarison.substack.com/p/impeach-he...

This is a harrowing write-up. I'll add that I wouldn't be able to pay my rent as a journalist without @truthout.org. Please pop over and make a donation to help the site, the team, and its many freelancers keep our lights on.

Today, "there are no consequences for threatening – or carrying out – a genocide." Trump has made his threats to wipe out Iran seem mundane. "At the very least, Americans and the rest of the world should call him out on it," writes @mbazzi.bsky.social. See more: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“As we act, let us not become the evil that we deplore” — 25 years ago today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee cast the sole vote against giving George W. Bush a blank check for war. Three days after 9/11, Lee warned Congress that it could “spiral out of control.” History has certainly proved her right.

The September 11 Memorial Needs a Counter-Monument: Victims of Our Post-9/11 Wars Deserve Remembrance, Too www.juancole.com/2026/09/sept...

I wrote for @theguardian.com on how the Gaza genocide paved the way for Trump’s repeated threats to “wipe out” Iran | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“In today’s world, Trump understands there are no consequences for threatening – or carrying out – a genocide” — my latest for @theguardian.com

Join us for a timely and important conversation on Cultural Co-Resistance in Palestine/Israel! 📆 Sept. 24, 2026 | 5:30PM – 7:30PM 🎤 Ammiel Alcalay and Hana Morgenstern 📍 Kevorkian Center: 255 Sullivan St 🖇️ RSVP: buff.ly/tdWutHT

*Surely* Saudi Arabia's overwhelming air and naval superiority would mean it would be able to prevent the Houthis from seizing control of islands far off Yemen's coast, right? RIGHT?!?

Thanks to @markruffalo.bsky.social for sharing my Guardian piece from December about the role of Jared Kushner and three Arab petrostates / Trump family business partners (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE) in Paramount's takeover bid for Warner Bros

“In the villages near the areas Israel controls, many of the homes and local infrastructure lie destroyed. Piles of concrete rubble and dust line many of the roads... Israeli demolitions continue day and night” — excellent reporting from southern Lebanon by @justinsalhani.bsky.social

World affairs editor of @the-independent.com rightfully demands sanctions against Israel over the killing of his journalist colleague. Meanwhile, Reuters and the Associated Press mark Israel's same massacre against their journalists a year ago with hollow expressions of grief.

“That Trump took refuge in a catering truck encapsulates the failure of his war on Iran: a president who constantly boasts about US military prowess and tries to project personal strength instead appears weak as he hides from the consequences of his own actions” — my latest for @theguardian.com

While Washington keeps flogging a long dead horse in Gaza “it is ignoring an explosive crisis brewing in the West Bank that is within its power to rein in.” Not so sure Washington wants to rein it in tbh or that it has the power since Israel will just ignore it foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/11/t...

Trump hid in a catering container to switch planes secretly because he was afraid of an Iranian assassination attempt. Iran’s leaders, meanwhile, continue heading to negotiations knowing they’re targeted for assassination by Israel and the US.

“In Gaza, genocide extending to miscarriages” — front page of @humanite.fr