Mohamad Bazzi
@mbazzi.bsky.social
NYU journalism professor | Director, NYU Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies | Former Middle East bureau chief, Newsday.
https://journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/profile/mohamad-bazzi/
https://journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/profile/mohamad-bazzi/
I wrote for @theguardian.com on Jared Kushner‘s many financial conflicts emerging from his work on Trump‘s Gaza plan | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I wrote for @theguardian.com on Jared Kushner‘s many financial conflicts emerging from his work on Trump‘s Gaza plan | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“Capitalism will always survive, because socialism will be there to save it” — Ralph Nader
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“Capitalism will always survive, because socialism will be there to save it” — Ralph Nader
I will be part of a virtual panel discussion this Thursday (October 16) at 7pm EDT: “What does the Western media get wrong about the Middle East?”
This event is organized by @cfetmu.bsky.social.
For more info (and Zoom link):
cfe.torontomu.ca/events/what-...
This event is organized by @cfetmu.bsky.social.
For more info (and Zoom link):
cfe.torontomu.ca/events/what-...
October 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I will be part of a virtual panel discussion this Thursday (October 16) at 7pm EDT: “What does the Western media get wrong about the Middle East?”
This event is organized by @cfetmu.bsky.social.
For more info (and Zoom link):
cfe.torontomu.ca/events/what-...
This event is organized by @cfetmu.bsky.social.
For more info (and Zoom link):
cfe.torontomu.ca/events/what-...
It was undermined by atrocious @nytimes.com coverage, among other things
October 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It was undermined by atrocious @nytimes.com coverage, among other things
An underreported aspect of the Gaza ceasefire: The business deals that Trump's family made with Gulf Arab states gave Trump a personal stake in restraining Netanyahu — my piece @theguardian.com | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
An underreported aspect of the Gaza ceasefire: The business deals that Trump's family made with Gulf Arab states gave Trump a personal stake in restraining Netanyahu — my piece @theguardian.com | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza” — Biden never made this simple demand, despite 15 months of relentless Israeli slaughter of Palestinians during his presidency
October 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza” — Biden never made this simple demand, despite 15 months of relentless Israeli slaughter of Palestinians during his presidency
“The actual state of Palestine” — brilliant front page from UK Observer
September 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“The actual state of Palestine” — brilliant front page from UK Observer
The IPC's report last week declaring a famine in Gaza City will be a source of shame for all those who will inevitably claim that they didn’t realize the extent of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza — my latest @theguardian.com | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
August 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The IPC's report last week declaring a famine in Gaza City will be a source of shame for all those who will inevitably claim that they didn’t realize the extent of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza — my latest @theguardian.com | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
According to @nytimes.com:
Russia invades Ukraine, while Israel “takes over” Gaza.
(These 2 news articles were published today, hours apart)
Russia invades Ukraine, while Israel “takes over” Gaza.
(These 2 news articles were published today, hours apart)
August 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
According to @nytimes.com:
Russia invades Ukraine, while Israel “takes over” Gaza.
(These 2 news articles were published today, hours apart)
Russia invades Ukraine, while Israel “takes over” Gaza.
(These 2 news articles were published today, hours apart)
I wrote for @theguardian.com on Biden’s complicity in the famine unfolding in Gaza today | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
August 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I wrote for @theguardian.com on Biden’s complicity in the famine unfolding in Gaza today | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And here's how @nytimes.com covered Israel's accusation that Al-Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif was a "Hamas fighter posing as a reporter."
The NYT is perfectly capable of calling out government propaganda and lies — but not when it comes to Israel.
The NYT is perfectly capable of calling out government propaganda and lies — but not when it comes to Israel.
August 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
And here's how @nytimes.com covered Israel's accusation that Al-Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif was a "Hamas fighter posing as a reporter."
The NYT is perfectly capable of calling out government propaganda and lies — but not when it comes to Israel.
The NYT is perfectly capable of calling out government propaganda and lies — but not when it comes to Israel.
Here's how @nytimes.com covered Russia's accusation (followed by a sham court conviction) that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was a spy:
August 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Here's how @nytimes.com covered Russia's accusation (followed by a sham court conviction) that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was a spy:
Israel assassinated journalist Anas Al-Sharif and his entire Al-Jazeera TV crew in Gaza today.
CPJ warned of Israeli smear campaign against him, but few Western media outlets or journalists spoke out in defense of their Palestinian colleagues. Their silence is cowardly and shameful.
CPJ warned of Israeli smear campaign against him, but few Western media outlets or journalists spoke out in defense of their Palestinian colleagues. Their silence is cowardly and shameful.
August 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Israel assassinated journalist Anas Al-Sharif and his entire Al-Jazeera TV crew in Gaza today.
CPJ warned of Israeli smear campaign against him, but few Western media outlets or journalists spoke out in defense of their Palestinian colleagues. Their silence is cowardly and shameful.
CPJ warned of Israeli smear campaign against him, but few Western media outlets or journalists spoke out in defense of their Palestinian colleagues. Their silence is cowardly and shameful.
My latest for @theguardian.com on Joe Biden’s complicity in the famine unfolding in Gaza today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
August 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My latest for @theguardian.com on Joe Biden’s complicity in the famine unfolding in Gaza today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“The US is deeply complicit in the starvation and unspeakable suffering that Israel is inflicting on the people of Gaza. Thanks to an unlimited supply of US weapons and diplomatic cover, Netanyahu has been able to continue Israel’s genocide with impunity” — my comments to @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“The US is deeply complicit in the starvation and unspeakable suffering that Israel is inflicting on the people of Gaza. Thanks to an unlimited supply of US weapons and diplomatic cover, Netanyahu has been able to continue Israel’s genocide with impunity” — my comments to @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social
This headline will greet Trump when he arrives in Scotland later today:
July 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This headline will greet Trump when he arrives in Scotland later today:
Good to know that Netanyahu will bomb New York City if it elects a Shia Muslim mayor — and that US politicians will continue supporting Israel unconditionally
June 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Good to know that Netanyahu will bomb New York City if it elects a Shia Muslim mayor — and that US politicians will continue supporting Israel unconditionally
The Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom.bsky.social) displays integrity and courage with this statement today condemning Israel's attack on Iranian state TV — and connecting it to Israel's sense of impunity after it killed 200 journalists in Gaza, with little international outrage.
June 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom.bsky.social) displays integrity and courage with this statement today condemning Israel's attack on Iranian state TV — and connecting it to Israel's sense of impunity after it killed 200 journalists in Gaza, with little international outrage.
20 years ago today, Lebanese-Palestinian journalist and leftist intellectual Samir Kassir was assassinated in Beirut, by the Assad regime. Samir’s writing inspired a generation.
June 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
20 years ago today, Lebanese-Palestinian journalist and leftist intellectual Samir Kassir was assassinated in Beirut, by the Assad regime. Samir’s writing inspired a generation.
Like NYU, the George Washington University administration is accusing a student commencement speaker of "lying" — in a brazen attempt to control student speech and punish those who show courage to speak uncomfortable truths about Palestine | www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
May 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Like NYU, the George Washington University administration is accusing a student commencement speaker of "lying" — in a brazen attempt to control student speech and punish those who show courage to speak uncomfortable truths about Palestine | www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
My latest for @theguardian.com on the ways Qatar managed to win over Trump in his second term | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
May 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
My latest for @theguardian.com on the ways Qatar managed to win over Trump in his second term | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is one of the most pernicious elements of the Heritage Foundation's Project Esther, intended to destroy the pro-Palestinian movement in the US.
I've already seen this happen with STEM faculty criticizing their humanities colleagues for being too eager to "resist" Trump.
I've already seen this happen with STEM faculty criticizing their humanities colleagues for being too eager to "resist" Trump.
May 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is one of the most pernicious elements of the Heritage Foundation's Project Esther, intended to destroy the pro-Palestinian movement in the US.
I've already seen this happen with STEM faculty criticizing their humanities colleagues for being too eager to "resist" Trump.
I've already seen this happen with STEM faculty criticizing their humanities colleagues for being too eager to "resist" Trump.
“We love you (Trump)” — meme circulating on social media and WhatsApp in Syria, based on old posters of Bashar al-Assad
May 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“We love you (Trump)” — meme circulating on social media and WhatsApp in Syria, based on old posters of Bashar al-Assad
I wrote for @theguardian.com on all the ways Trump is using his Middle East trip to enrich himself | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
May 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I wrote for @theguardian.com on all the ways Trump is using his Middle East trip to enrich himself | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel attacked Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen — all in one day
May 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Israel attacked Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen — all in one day