AI optimizes evacuation, diagnosis, and treatment of wounded soldiers in Ukraine

Analyzing real-time data, AI enhanced evacuation efficiency, optimized routes, and prioritized patients by injury severity, according to study

American College of Surgeons

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Key Takeaways 

• In Ukraine, the medical role of AI has evolved from limited use to wide-ranging applications in evacuation, diagnosis, predictive analytics, and treatment of wounded soldiers. 

• An analysis of 68 wounded soldiers showed that by analyzing data in real time from wearable medical devices, AI enhanced treatment by assisting medical personnel in delivering personalized care based on a soldier’s medical history, condition, and available resources. 

• The researchers found that AI not only accelerated drug delivery, identified new treatments for injuries, and supported artificial limb fit and selection for soldiers with limb loss 

CHICAGO (October 3, 2025) — Analyzing data in real-time from artificial intelligence (AI)-powered wearable medical devices has enhanced the treatment of wounded Ukrainian soldiers by helping medical personnel deliver personalized care based on the soldier’s medical history, condition, and available resources, according to a new study. 

The research will be presented at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2025 in Chicago, October 4-7. 

An analysis showed that AI-powered wearable devices such as electrocardiographs (ECGs), glucose and blood pressure monitors, multi-sensor vital patches, and advanced smart helmets tracked vital signs and alerted medical personnel to potential health risks in 68 patients with gunshot and mine-explosive injuries, the study said.  

“Although we don’t know the extent of improvement, there is clear, consistent, and robust evidence that AI led to faster identification of life-threatening injuries, faster arrival of supplies and drugs, and stronger rehabilitation outcomes,” said the study’s author Evgeni Kolesnikov, MD, PhD, FICS, FIMSA, of Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine in Kyiv. 

Key Findings 

The study showed that AI: 

• Accelerated drug delivery: AI-driven clinical decision support analyzed soldiers’ vital signs to recommend optimal drug dosing for conditions such as shock, pain, or infection, Dr. Kolesnikov said. In addition, AI triage algorithms prioritized limited supplies of drugs, such as morphine, tranexamic acid, and ketamine, for patients with the highest likelihood of survival. 

• Identified new treatments for injuries: AI analyzed millions of chemical structures to predict which compounds could stop bleeding, prevent infection, or accelerate wound healing in combat-related injuries. AI also helped identify drugs (like existing anti-inflammatories) that could be repurposed to speed tissue regeneration after blast injuries and identified biomarkers of poor healing, infection risk, or organ failure.  

• Supported artificial limb selection: AI is transforming how artificial limbs (prosthetics) are selected, fitted, and personalized for wounded soldiers with limb loss, improving their quality of life. For example, AI analyzes 3D imaging scans of the damaged limb to help design and custom-fit components of artificial limbs with millimeter-level precision, reducing skin breakdown and pain.  

The role of AI in providing medical care to wounded soldiers has evolved over the course of the war from limited practical use to a wide range of applications in evacuation, diagnosis, predictive analytics, and treatment of wounded soldiers with AI system-level coordination, Dr. Kolesnikov said. For example, using AI, Ukrainian troops can help evacuate wounded soldiers by assessing the terrain, avoiding obstacles, and locating the wounded. When sending medics poses an unacceptable risk, ground vehicles with autonomous navigation systems can be sent to evacuate casualties from the front lines, he said.  

Although there is no central intelligence that receives all of the relevant patient data from the various devices and makes recommendations, Ukraine’s military medical system relies on built-in AI modules, such as AI for triage (vital signs and injury assessment), AI for route optimization, and AI for image interpretation, among others, which are then integrated through command-and-control platforms. 

“AI does not replace doctors and surgeons, but expands their capabilities, reducing evacuation times, increasing the accuracy of diagnostics and surgical treatment, helping to save more lives with limited resources,” Dr. Kolesnikov said. 

Disclosures: The author has no relevant disclosures. 

Citation: Kolesnikov E. Artificial Intelligence in the Evacuation, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Wounded Soldiers During Wartime, Scientific Forum, American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2025. 

Note: This research was presented as an abstract at the ACS Clinical Congress Scientific Forum. Research abstracts presented at the ACS Clinical Congress Scientific Forum are reviewed and selected by a program committee but are not yet peer reviewed. 

 

From palm waste to carbon catcher: Malaysian scientists turn agricultural leftovers into high-performance CO₂ sponge

Dr. Azam Taufik Mohd Din and team at Universiti Sains Malaysia pioneer a sustainable, low-cost adsorbent using oil palm ash—backed by machine learning predictions with near-perfect accuracy

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Enhanced CO2 capture using KOH-functionalized oil palm ash adsorbent: experimental and applied machine learning approach
 

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Credit: Syamima Nasrin Mohamed Saleh, Fakhrony Sholahudin Rohman, Dinie Muhammad, Syafini Mohd Hussin, Bassim H. Hameed, Chew Thiam Leng & Azam Taufik Mohd Din

In Malaysia, one of the world’s top producers of palm oil, millions of tons of oil palm ash (OPA) are left behind as agricultural waste every year—a disposal challenge that could soon become a climate solution. Now, groundbreaking research from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) shows that this humble byproduct can be transformed into a powerful, eco-friendly material capable of capturing carbon dioxide from the air. Published on August 18, 2025, in Carbon Research as an open-access original article, this innovative study was led by Dr. Azam Taufik Mohd Din from the School of Chemical Engineering at Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Engineering Campus in Nibong Tebal, Penang. The team didn’t just repurpose waste—they engineered it. By treating raw oil palm ash with acid, then subjecting it to carbonization and chemical activation using potassium hydroxide (KOH), they created a new material dubbed OPA-KOH(1:2). The result? A tailor-made adsorbent with a highly optimized mesoporous structure—pores so precisely shaped that they allow CO₂ molecules to flow in easily and stick effectively. Despite having a modest surface area of 30.95 m²/g—far lower than many commercial activated carbons—the material achieved an impressive CO₂ adsorption capacity of 2.9 mmol/g. That performance rivals or even exceeds more expensive materials with much higher surface areas, proving that pore architecture matters more than size alone. “This isn’t just recycling—it’s upcycling at the molecular level,” says Dr. Mohd Din. “We’re taking a waste product that often ends up in landfills and turning it into a high-performance tool for carbon capture.”

How It Works: Small Pores, Big Impact

The secret lies in the structure. With an average pore size of 72.71 Å, OPA-KOH(1:2) creates an ideal environment for CO₂ molecules to enter quickly and bind efficiently. Comprehensive analysis revealed that adsorption is exothermic and spontaneous, primarily driven by physisorption—a process where CO₂ sticks to the surface through weak physical forces—supported by a minor contribution from weak chemisorption, enhancing overall stability. This dual mechanism means the material can capture CO₂ effectively under realistic conditions, making it a promising candidate for real-world carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) systems.

Machine Learning Meets Materials Science

What sets this study apart is its fusion of experimental science with artificial intelligence. Recognizing that traditional modeling has limits, the team deployed machine learning (ML) algorithms to predict CO₂ adsorption behavior. Among several models tested, a bilayered neural network (NN) emerged as a star performer—achieving an astonishing R² value greater than 0.99, meaning it predicted experimental outcomes with near-perfect accuracy. “This shows ML isn’t just a trend—it’s becoming essential,” explains Dr. Mohd Din. “It allows us to simulate, optimize, and understand adsorption processes faster and more deeply than ever before.” The successful integration of ML opens doors for accelerating the design of next-generation adsorbents, reducing trial-and-error in the lab, and scaling up sustainable technologies more efficiently.

A Win for Sustainability and Industry

Malaysia produces over 20 million tons of palm oil annually—generating vast amounts of residue. By converting oil palm ash, a problematic waste, into a valuable carbon-capture material, this research offers a closed-loop, circular economy solution. It also presents a cost-effective alternative to synthetic adsorbents, which are often energy-intensive to produce and expensive to deploy at scale. “Sustainable doesn’t have to mean less effective,” says Dr. Mohd Din. “Our work proves that green materials can compete—and win—on performance.”

Spotlight on Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Leadership

This study highlights the growing strength of the School of Chemical Engineering at Universiti Sains Malaysia in advancing clean energy and environmental technologies. Located on the Engineering Campus in Nibong Tebal, Penang, the school is emerging as a regional hub for innovation in waste valorization, carbon management, and AI-driven chemical engineering.

Dr. Azam Taufik Mohd Din’s leadership exemplifies how local solutions—rooted in regional resources and global science—can contribute to planetary challenges.

The Road Ahead: Scaling Up the Solution

The success of OPA-KOH(1:2) paves the way for pilot-scale testing in flue gas treatment, biogas upgrading, and direct air capture systems. Future work will explore regeneration cycles, long-term stability, and integration into industrial processes. With climate targets tightening worldwide, affordable and scalable CCUS technologies are urgently needed. This research delivers both a material and a method: a low-cost, high-efficiency adsorbent born from biomass waste, guided by the predictive power of machine learning. So the next time you enjoy a product containing palm oil, remember: from that same industry’s waste, scientists in Malaysia are building a cleaner future—one CO₂ molecule at a time.

 

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• Title: Enhanced CO2 capture using KOH-functionalized oil palm ash adsorbent: experimental and applied machine learning approach
• Keywords: Carbon dioxide adsorption; Oil palm ash-based adsorbent; KOH activation; Machine learning; Bilayered neural network model
• Citation: Mohamed Saleh, S.N., Rohman, F.S., Muhammad, D. et al. Enhanced CO2 capture using KOH-functionalized oil palm ash adsorbent: experimental and applied machine learning approach. Carbon Res. 4, 60 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44246-025-00227-3 

 

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About Carbon Research

The journal Carbon Research is an international multidisciplinary platform for communicating advances in fundamental and applied research on natural and engineered carbonaceous materials that are associated with ecological and environmental functions, energy generation, and global change. It is a fully Open Access (OA) journal and the Article Publishing Charges (APC) are waived until Dec 31, 2025. It is dedicated to serving as an innovative, efficient and professional platform for researchers in the field of carbon functions around the world to deliver findings from this rapidly expanding field of science. The journal is currently indexed by Scopus and Ei Compendex, and as of June 2025, the dynamic CiteScore value is 15.4.

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Enhanced CO2 capture using KOH-functionalized oil palm ash adsorbent: experimental and applied machine learning approach

Jane Fonda Leads Reboot of Father’s McCarthy-Era Free Speech Initiative

“They’re betting on our fear and our silence,” Fonda said. “But our industry—and artists around the world—have a long history of refusing to be silenced, even in the darkest times.”

Jane Fonda presents a creation for a L’Oréal Paris show as part of the Paris Fashion Week women’s ready-to-wear spring-summer 2026 collection at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris on September 29, 2025.
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Brett Wilkins
Oct 01, 2025
COMMON DREAMS

As the US descends into authoritarianism under President Donald Trump and Republicans, hundreds of celebrities led by actor and progressive activist Jane Fonda on Wednesday revived a free speech initiative originally launched by Hollywood stars including her father during the right-wing repression of the post-World War II McCarthy era.

Fonda and over 550 celebrities rebooted the Committee for the First Amendment, which was first formed in 1947 by a bevy of actors including Henry Fonda in response to hearings held by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and blacklisting of actual and suspected communists throughout US society, including Hollywood.

“The federal government is once again engaged in a coordinated campaign to silence critics in the government, the media, the judiciary, academia, and the entertainment industry,” the renewed committee said in a statement. “We refuse to stand by and let that happen.”



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Other members of the newly re-formed committee include filmmakers Spike Lee, Barry Jenkins, J.J. Abrams, Patty Jenkins, Aaron Sorkin, and Judd Apatow; TV show creator Quinta Brunson; musicians Barbra Streisand, John Legend, Janelle Monáe, Gracie Abrams, and Billie Eilish; comedians Tiffany Haddish and Nikki Glaser; as well as actors Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, Pedro Pascal, Natalie Portman, Viola Davis, and Ben Stiller. Another signatory is actor Fran Drescher, who last month ended a term as the president of the SAG-AFTRA union.

“This committee was initially created during the McCarthy era, a dark time when the federal government repressed and persecuted American citizens for their political beliefs,” the initiative’s founders wrote. “They targeted elected officials, government employees, academics, and artists. They were blacklisted, harassed, silenced, and even imprisoned.”

“The McCarthy era ended when Americans from across the political spectrum finally came together and stood up for the principles in the Constitution against the forces of repression,” they added. “Those forces have returned. And it is our turn to stand together in defense of our constitutional rights.”

Fonda’s committee revival comes after Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show was temporarily removed from ABC‘s airwaves earlier this month following pressure form Brendan Carr, Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chief, over a monologue by the comedian about far-right podcaster Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin. Kimmel’s show returned amid massive public backlash.

Fonda has more than 60 years of political activism under her belt, starting with the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movemements and continuing through Fire Drill Fridays, #StopLine3, and the Jane Fonda Climate PAC in more recent years.

“I’m 87 years old. I’ve seen war, repression, protest, and backlash. I’ve been celebrated, and I’ve been branded an enemy of the state,” Fonda said in a letter inviting people to join the committee.

“But I can tell you this: This is the most frightening moment of my life,” she continued. “When I feel scared, I look to history. I wish there were a secret playbook with all the answers—but there never has been. The only thing that has ever worked—time and time again—is solidarity: binding together, finding bravery in numbers too big to ignore, and standing up for one another.”

“They’re betting on our fear and our silence,” Fonda added without identifying anyone by name. “But our industry—and artists around the world—have a long history of refusing to be silenced, even in the darkest times.”

Dozens Arrested as 1,000+ Jews Demand Gaza Ceasefire at Rabbi-Led ​Yom Kippur Protest in NYC

Protesters blocked traffic to the Brooklyn Bridge, embodying the ancient Jewish tenets of justice, righteousness, and saving life.


Jewish demonstrators sing as they are arrested by New York police after blocking traffic to the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City during an October 2, 2025 protest against the Gaza genocide.
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Brett Wilkins
Oct 03, 2025

Dozens of people were arrested in New York City on Thursday during a protest led by rabbis on Yom Kippur—the holiest day of the Jewish calendar—demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an end to US complicity in Israel’s genocide.

More than 1,000 Jews plus allies turned out for the demonstration, which was led by the group Rabbis for Ceasefire. The protest started around 3:30 pm local time at Brooklyn Borough Hall, where rabbis led a Yizkor, a memorial prayer of mourning recited just four times per year, including on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement and repentance.

Some protesters carried a banner reading, “Not Another Bomb,” written in Hebrew and English.

“Our heart is broken for every single person who has been murdered, and we want to convey the fact that this has to end,” Rabbi Elliot Kukla told CBS New York.

Protesters then marched to the Brooklyn Bridge, where some sat down, locked their arms together, and sang while blocking traffic to the span. New York Police Department (NYPD) officers subsequently arrested at least 56 people, according to the New York Post.

Many of the arrested protesters chanted, “Let Gaza Live!” as their hands were zip-tied and they were hauled off to an awaiting NYPD bus.

Asked why she was arrested, one keffiyeh-clad woman said, “Because I’m using this sacred holiday of Yom Kippur, as a Jewish person whose ancestors perished during the Holocaust, to protest against the genocide of the Palestinian people in my name.”

“And I say, not in my name,” she added.

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Speakers at the protest included New York City Comptroller Brad Lander—an ally of Democratic mayoral candidate and staunch Palestine defender Zohran Mamdani—who told the crowd that “we must today take collective responsibility for what the Israeli government has been doing, is doing today, on Yom Kippur,” with “over 65,000 Palestinians killed, mostly women and children, whole families wiped out, food used as a weapon.”

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. The right-wing Israeli leader is a fugitive from the International Criminal Court in The Hague, which last year ordered his arrest for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder and forced starvation.

Like former President Joe Biden before him, Trump has approved billions of dollars in US armed aid to Israel, even while senior Trump administration officials acknowledge that children and others are starving to death in Gaza.

Lander took aim at US complicity in the genocide, decrying “the bombs funded by our taxpayer dollars in the name of the Jewish state,” as well as the “desecration of Judaism.”

The Jewish religion emphasizes the ancient tenets of tzedek, mishpat, and din—righteousness, justice, and law—as well as pikuach nefesh, or saving life, which overrides nearly every other religious law including kosher dietary restrictions and keeping the Sabbath.

Just 2.4% of the US population, Jews have had an outsize presence at pro-Palestine demonstrations since October 2023, with groups like Jewish Voice for Peace, IfNotNow, and Rabbis for Ceasefire often leading large protests against Israel’s war and US complicity under both Trump and Biden.

Jews have opposed Zionism—the mainly European settler-colonial movement to reestablish a Jewish homeland in Palestine—since the earliest days of the experiment. Even some early Zionists foresaw the genesis of events like the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, with Ahad Ha’am, father of cultural Zionism, writing after an 1891 trip to Palestine that “if the time comes when [Jews are] encroaching upon the native population, they will not easily yield their place.”

‘Taking On AIPAC Again,’ Cori Bush Launches Campaign to Win Back House Seat

“I’m running again because St. Louis deserves leadership that doesn’t wait for permission, doesn’t answer to wealthy donors, and doesn’t hide when things get tough.”


Then-Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-Mo.) speaks to voters on August 6, 2024 in St Louis.
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Brett Wilkins
Oct 03, 2025
COMMON DREAMS


Former Democratic Congresswoman Cori Bush is running again in Missouri to reclaim the US House seat from which she was ousted last year amid a tsunami of campaign spending against her and other progressives by the Israel lobby.

“St. Louis deserves a leader who is built different. That’s why I’m running to represent Missouri’s 1st District in Congress,” Bush announced Friday on social media. “We need a fighter who will lower costs, protect our communities, and make life fairer. I’ll be that fighter.”

“I ran for Congress to change things for regular people,” Bush says in her first 2026 campaign ad. “I’m running again because St. Louis deserves leadership that doesn’t wait for permission, doesn’t answer to wealthy donors, and doesn’t hide when things get tough.”

Bush—a two-term member of the so-called “Squad” of progressive House lawmakers—was defeated in her district’s August 2024 Democratic primary by current Rep. Wesley Bell (D-Mo.), a former county prosecutor.

Nearly two-thirds of Bell’s campaign funding came from one source: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s independent expenditures arm and conduit for dark money, the United Democracy Project, which allocated more than $100 million toward defeating candidates AIPAC deemed insufficiently supportive of Israel.

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UDP also spent heavily last year to defeat then-Congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and to help thwart the Democratic congressional candidacy of Susheela Jayapal in Oregon and former Republican Congressman John Hostettler’s comeback bid in Indiana.

AIPAC’s largesse was stoked by Bush’s steadfast advocacy for Palestine and staunch opposition to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. It was Bush who, just over a week into Israel’s genocidal retaliation for the Hamas-led October 7 attack, introduced the first House ceasefire resolution.

Bush was also one of the first lawmakers to call Israel’s annihilation and starvation of Gaza a genocide—as countless observers have since done, including numerous members of Congress, national governments and leaders, jurists, Holocaust scholars, and United Nations experts.

However, it was championing the needs and values of her overwhelmingly working-class community that propelled Bush—who rose to prominence during the Ferguson, Missouri protests against the police killing of unarmed Black man Michael Brown—to her 2020 Democratic primary victory over an opponent whose family had held the 1st Congressional District seat for half a century.

For example, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Bush led a five-day sit-in outside Congress, where she slept rough with other Squad members and persuaded the Biden administration to extend a temporary eviction moratorium. She also secured hundreds of millions of dollars in economic recovery funds via the American Rescue Plan signed by former President Joe Biden in 2021.

While Bell dismissed Bush’s comeback bid by contending that “the headlines and controversies of the past aren’t what we need,” progressives cheered her reentry into the political arena.

The political action group Our Revolution quickly endorsed Bush, as it had previously done.

“Cori Bush embodies the values of our movement—she is a nurse, a pastor, and an activist who rose up from Ferguson to fight for working families in Congress,” Our Revolution executive director Joseph Geevarghese said in a statement. “She has been a fearless advocate for Medicare for All, student debt cancellation, housing rights, climate justice, and an end to US military support of Israel.”

“That’s why oligarchs and dark money super PACs spent millions to buy this seat and silence her voice,” he added. “But they cannot silence the people she represents, and Our Revolution is proud to stand with her as she takes back the people’s seat in Missouri’s 1st.”

 

Israel’s Supporters Are Using Islamophobia to Distract From Genocide; Don’t Fall For It

Every American should recognize these increasingly unhinged attacks for what they are: Cynical attempts to protect Israel from criticism by frightening the American public.

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) speaks with the media on April 1, 2025 in Ormond Beach, Florida.
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Edward Ahmed Mitchell
Oct 04, 2025

Common Dreams


Sharia law is taking over America, from Dearborn to New York City. So is the Muslim Brotherhood. And they are doing so with help from the communist left.

These claims should sound familiar to anyone who has kept track of the rhetoric coming from the Israeli government’s supporters over the past few months. From politicians like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) to keyboard warriors like Laura Loomer and Eyal Yakoby, some of Israel’s biggest cheerleaders keep finding new ways to manufacture hysteria about Islam and Muslims.

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What’s behind this sudden and seemingly coordinated attempt to resurrect conspiracy theories about Muslims that were debunked years ago?

It’s certainly not because anyone truly believes that 6 million Americans are trying to somehow impose Islamic law on 300 million Americans. The real reason is simple: Gaza.

The real threat to our nation is not Muslims in Dearborn or Dallas—it’s corrupt politicians who put Israel first, waste taxpayer dollars on genocide, and try to distract Americans with lies and fear.

DropSite News recently revealed that the Israeli Foreign Ministry is conducting a global survey of the United States and European nations to gauge Western attitudes towards Israel.

The preliminary results show widespread opposition to the Israeli government because of its genocide in Gaza. But the results also show that support for Israel rebounded by 20 points when the pollster stoked fears of “Radical Islam” and “Jihadism.”

Cue the sudden surge in anti-Muslim rhetoric across the pro-Israel ecosphere.

To be clear, this strategy is nothing new.

For years, pro-Israel foundations played a major role in funding anti-Muslim hate groups like ACT for America, the Middle East Forum, and the Investigative Project on Terrorism, all of which are also led by anti-Palestinian extremists.

These groups and their funders have long feared the American Muslim community’s growing population, increased political activism, and consistent support for Palestinian human rights.

Because a thriving and politically impactful American Muslim community might one day reorient US foreign policy on Israel in a more just direction, American Muslims had to be smeared and silenced.

History is now repeating itself amid the Gaza genocide.

Texas Gov. Abbott just responded to manufactured controversy about a Muslim-led real estate project by signing a law that supposedly “bans sharia” (it doesn’t) and Rep. Fine has introduced a bill to ban sharia across the country (it won’t). Their political stunts replicate an unconstitutional attempt to ban sharia that swept through red states in the early 2010s.

Although anti-sharia hysteria eventually fizzled out, its proponents never gave up their other goal: painting American Muslims and their institutions as puppets of foreign boogeymen.

Israel’s supporters in Congress have spent years pushing to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group so that the government can then use that designation to launch witch hunts into American Muslim groups falsely accused of being tied to the Egyptian organization.

The first bill that attempted to do so was introduced in 2014 by pro-Israel hawk former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) with the backing of Frank Gaffney, who is also the founder of pro-Israel (and anti-Muslim) Center for Security Policy. The bill failed. The same fate befell other versions of the legislation pushed by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who reintroduced his latest “modernized” bill in 2025.

In recent weeks, Laura Loomer has been using her apparent influence over the Trump administration to demand that the State Department unilaterally designate the Brotherhood as a terrorist group.

So has Eyal Yakoby, an Israeli-American college student who has become one of the Gaza genocide’s most prolific defenders on social media. Between September 21 and 29, Yakoby has posted “Ban the Muslim Brotherhood!” at least 12 different times.

Nearly every other post in Yakoby’s Twitter feed also hypes the supposed global threat of Muslims, from Dearborn to the United Kingdom to Nigeria. Yakoby even earned a community note for falsely blaming seasonal wildfires in Syria on Muslims “lighting Christian villages” on fire.

Another prominent pro-Israel figure pushing such hysteria is Amy Mekelburg, who has manufactured several controversies about the imaginary threat of sharia law taking over Texas, of all places.

Another odd talking point Israel’s supporters have pushed in recent months is the claim that American conservatives critical of Israel, like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, have been bribed by—you guessed it—Muslims.

Every American should recognize these increasingly unhinged attacks for what they are: Cynical attempts to protect Israel from criticism by frightening the American public, keeping political conservatives in line, and silencing American Muslims.

The real threat to our nation is not Muslims in Dearborn or Dallas—it’s corrupt politicians who put Israel first, waste taxpayer dollars on genocide, and try to distract Americans with lies and fear.

They’ve done it before, and now they’re doing it again. No one should fall for it this time.


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Edward Ahmed Mitchell
Edward Ahmed Mitchell is a civil rights attorney who serves as the national deputy executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States.
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