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Mohamad Bazzi

Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor at New York University. He is the former Middle East bureau chief at Newsday

August 2024

  • Two older men (Benjamin Netanyahu and Joe Biden) wearing navy suits and blue ties stand and look off to the side

    Gaza ceasefire talks are on their last legs, and Benjamin Netanyahu is to blame

    Mohamad Bazzi
  • Funeral in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel.

    The war in the Middle East is escalating fast – and Biden has squandered too many chances to stop it

    Mohamad Bazzi

July 2024

  • Joe Biden at Andrews Air Force Base

    Gaza has turned into Biden’s most perplexing moral and foreign policy failure

    Mohamad Bazzi
    The US president has squandered his leverage over Netanyahu even as the Israeli leader continues to undermine him

May 2024

  • ‘Biden and his administration should be using these international judgements and Israel’s growing isolation as leverage to stop US weapons shipments to Israel and pressure Netanyahu’s government to end its war.’

    Unless it stops an Israeli invasion of Rafah, the US could be a global pariah

    Mohamad Bazzi
    The international court of justice has ordered Israel to halt its attack on Rafah. The US has a last chance to stop this bloodshed
  • Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu on stage in front of Israeli and American flags

    Biden wants progressives to believe he’s reining in Israel. He isn’t

    Mohamad Bazzi
    Biden will be remembered as a president who could have restrained Israel but instead made the US complicit in this war
  • two men sitting next to each other in front of israeli flags

    Will Biden finally stop enabling Netanyahu’s extremist government?

    Mohamad Bazzi
    The Israeli leader is dragging out the war and undermining a ceasefire for political reasons. Can Biden toughen up?

March 2024

  • ‘The UN resolution was approved after Joe Biden’s administration dropped its veto threat and lifted its diplomatic cover for Israel, at least temporarily.’

    Despite the United Nations vote, Biden is clinging to his failed Israel policy

    Mohamad Bazzi
    On the same day as the vote, the White House declared, contrary to all evidence, that Israel has not blocked humanitarian aid from Gaza
  • Palestinians gather to receive free food in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, 19 March 2024.

    The Gaza famine is human-made. And the US is complicit in this catastrophe

    Mohamad Bazzi
    Experts first warned of rising hunger in December – yet when Israel blocked a vital US food shipment, Biden did nothing
  • Man in suit in a black car

    Biden’s passivity about mass death in Gaza is a moral stain on his presidency

    Mohamad Bazzi
    Apparently, he can rush thousands of bombs to Israel, but can’t get Israel to unblock a US shipment of flour to Gazans

February 2024

  • Close-up of white man wearing blue suit

    The longer Biden enables Netanyahu, the more his presidency is at risk

    Mohamad Bazzi
  • men in combat gear carrying a white coffin in front of a man and a woman in black

    The Middle East conflict is spiraling. Biden must force Israel to end the war

    Mohamad Bazzi

January 2024

  • Woman wearing glasses and black judge robe sits in front of microphone as men wearing glasses and black judge robes sit down around her.

    The ICJ ruling could implicate the US in war crimes. Will Biden finally rein in Israel?

    Mohamad Bazzi
  • People with raised fists marching on the streets of Yemen

    Why is Joe Biden dragging the US into another potential war?

    Mohamad Bazzi
  • A Typhoon takes off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to to take part in airstrikes against military targets in Yemen.

    By bombing Yemen, the west risks repeating its own mistakes

    Mohamad Bazzi
  • A large blue and white cargo ship is surrounded by four much smaller vessels on the sea.

    Houthi attacks are reaching boiling point – but a US-led military response would be a grave error

    Mohamad Bazzi

December 2023

  • Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.

    Qatar is playing peacemaker in the Middle East – but it’s treading a dangerous line over Gaza

    Mohamad Bazzi
    The emirate likes to bring enemies to the negotiating table. But it may find hosting Hamas’ political leaders backfires, says Mohamad Bazzi, director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies

October 2023

  • U.S. President Biden visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas<br>U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

    Biden’s Israel trip reflects a deeply flawed and hypocritical foreign policy

    Mohamad Bazzi
  • Mohammed bin Salman

    Khashoggi was killed five years ago. Thanks to Trump and Biden, Saudi Arabia is stronger than ever

    Mohamad Bazzi

November 2022

  • President Joe Biden makes remarks remarks and meets with business and labor leaders, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 18 Nov 2022<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (13629719n) United States President Joe Biden makes remarks and meets with business and labor leaders in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden makes remarks remarks and meets with business and labor leaders, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 18 Nov 2022

    Biden’s decision to grant Saudi crown prince immunity is a profound mistake

    Mohamad Bazzi
    After being repeatedly humiliated by Prince Mohammed, Biden continues to appease an autocrat who disdains him

October 2022

  • ‘The Saudi prince has inflicted political damage on the Biden administration a month before the US midterm elections.’

    Saudi Arabia has screwed over the US – and the world – yet again. Enough is enough

    Mohamad Bazzi
    By gouging global oil prices, Saudi Arabia has humiliated Biden and boosted Putin. The US must end this unofficial alliance
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