Muslim Brotherhood in the West: Playbook, Propaganda, Policy Fixes

Journalist and host Emily Schrader opens this week’s episode by cutting through the noise on AIPAC to get to the bottom of what it is and what it isn’t. She contrasts AIPAC with genuine foreign influence operations and soft-power media. From there, Emily lays out why U.S. military aid to Israel circulates back into the American economy through equipment, services, training and co-developed defense systems that serve as a strategic asset for U.S. security, jobs and technological edge. Joining Emily is Yasmine Mohamed, Egyptian human-rights activist, author of Unveiled, and co-founder/co-director of the Clarity Coalition, for a frank conversation about how the Arab world views Gaza and how Western audiences are being shaped by propaganda. Together they examine allegations that international bodies have shifted “famine” definitions to target Israel, while ignoring Hamas’s documented diversion and resale of aid and the testimonies of Gazans who want Hamas removed. They also unpack Qatar’s influence in Western media and universities, the Muslim Brotherhood’s long game and why Western silence, especially from feminist circles, has catastrophic consequences for women living under Islamist regimes.