Echoes of Evil

From Gaza to the Third Reich: Unveiling the Modern Threats of Hamas and Radical Islam

We promised “Never Again,” yet here we are, watching the early warning signs of another dark chapter unfold. Scratch that, we missed the early warning signs. We’re in the thick of it now. While it's true that 6 million Jews (or the 7 million in Israel) have yet to be systematically massacred like they were during the Holocaust, the same underlying forces which ultimately led to that devastating outcome have re-emerged with alarming intensity. Pro-Hamas extremist ideology is spreading worldwide and propaganda that dehumanizes and justifies violence toward the Jewish collective is yet again on the rise.

The Holocaust didn't begin with gas chambers… it ended there. It started with propaganda, discrimination, demonization, rallies, boycotts, assaults and a gradual shift in public perception to normalize violence against Jews as an act of resistance. Today, we witness governments and academic institutions failing to act decisively against this growing threat. In fact, we witness them being infiltrated by those with a pro-Hamas, pro-Islamic Republic agenda whose ideology has long sought to destroy the state of Israel and commit another genocide against the Jewish people. The warning signs are glaring yet many are still choosing to look away. Well, here they are. Do not look away.

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1. THE DEHUMANIZATION OF JEWS
   
   The Nazis dehumanized Jews based on them being perceived as “impure foreigners,” portraying them as subhuman and parasitic. They regularly referred to Jews as “rats,” “devils,” “cancer,” “criminals” and “satanic.” They justified violence against Jews as necessary for societal and racial purity and for the establishment of a white supremacist state free of Jews. One could argue that Nazis and their supporters didn’t hate Jews for being Jewish but the evils that they, as a collective, were framed to represent at the time: economic exploitation, communist subversion, racial impurity, cultural corruption, moral decay and a global conspiracy to dominate and control society.
   
   Hamas and their supporters dehumanize Jews based on them being perceived as foreigners too, calling them “invaders,” “occupiers,” and “colonizers.” They often refer to Zionists, which make up 95% of the world’s Jews as “rats,” “devils,” “cancer,” “criminals” and “satanic,” exactly as the Nazis did. They justify the violence and genocide of Jews, chanting variations of “all Zionists must die,” to support their vision of an Arab Muslim supremacist state free of Jews. Today, Hamas supporters claim that they do not hate Jews—they only hate what they are framed to represent as a collective, the “Zionist entity”: colonialism, white supremacy, apartheid and genocide.
   

2. “THE PEOPLE UNITED”
   
   The Nazis aligned with other extremist groups and ideologies in order to garner legitimacy and create a broader coalition to support their nefarious goals including intellectuals and academics, Christian extremists, far right groups and governments, such as fascist Italy, imperial Japan and the Muslim Brotherhood amongst others. They also formed alliances with antisemitic Arab leaders in the Middle East including Haj Amin al-Husseini, the father of Palestinian nationalism otherwise known as the “führer” of the Arabs. Hitler strategically united various groups under the guise of “resistance” to a common threat: the Jew. The Palestinian Arab leadership during the Nazi era was openly pro-Nazi and pro-genocide of the Jews. This was before Israel was even re-established. The sentiment of Jew-hatred in Palestinian society runs deep.

   

   Hamas has also aligned itself with other extremist groups and ideologies to create a broad coalition to support their goals, including Western intellectuals and academics, Muslim extremists, far left groups and extremist governments, such as Iran, Syria, Turkey, Qatar, Russia and North Korea. Pro-Hamas supporters successfully united various minority groups in liberal democracies, such as LGBTQ+, “BIPOC,” feminists and environmentalists under the guise of “collective liberation" in “resistance” to their common oppressor: the Zionist. The pro-Hamas rallying cry, “The people united will never be defeated” has a similar function to the common Nazi chant, “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer” (One People, One Empire, One Leader), which symbolized the united front against the perceived Jewish threat.

   

   Hamas is the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, which as mentioned above, was an ally of the Nazis. Hamas is quite literally trying to finish the job Hitler started. The October 7 massacre was a Nazi-inspired pogrom and a continuation of the Holocaust. The “one solution” that Hamas supporters chant proudly around the world is Hitler’s “final solution.”

3. EUPHEMISMS + CODED LANGUAGE
   
   The Nazis used euphemisms and coded language to sanitize their violent actions and policies. Terms like “cleansing,” “resettlement” or “final solution” were designed to mask their true intentions of genocide. These terms made their atrocities seem less horrific or, in some cases, portrayed them as necessary measures to save their country and the world.
   
   Cleansing (Säuberung): This term was used to describe the violent removal or extermination of Jews. It gave the impression that this was a process of purification rather than brutal violence. Since Jews were framed as a threat to society’s health and purity, this term evoked the idea that the Nazis were protecting the population from a dangerous infection, making their horrific atrocities seem reasonable or even noble.
   
   Resettlement (Umsiedlung): This term was used to refer to the deportation of Jews and others to concentration and extermination camps. It suggested that people were being moved to a new location for a benign reason rather than being sent to their deaths.
   
   Final Solution (Endlösung): This term was used to describe the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jews in Europe. It sanitized the idea of systematic mass murder by making it sound like an administrative goal to a valid societal problem.
   
   Hamas and their supporters rely on coded language, particularly in non-Arabic languages like English, to sanitize their violent actions and genocidal intentions in front of Western audiences, using terms like “Zionist,” “Resistance,” “Liberation, “Intifada,” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” to legitimize their violent attacks and massacres against Jews.
   
   Zionist: This term, which Jews created for themselves, simply means someone who supports the existence of a Jewish state in the ancestral and indigenous homeland of the Jewish people: Israel. Hamas and their supporters distort this term to demonize Jews in a way that makes it seem like political criticism rather than rooted in prejudice. They perpetuate age-old antisemitic tropes and conspiracies but use the term “Zionist” instead of “Jew” to conceal their Jew-hatred. It’s important to note that in Arabic they openly use the word “Yahood,” which means “Jew,” because they do not fear repercussions for being antisemitic in an Arab society/culture where antisemitism is already the norm. In Western societies where explicit Jew-hatred is still unfashionable, they try very hard to use the word “Zionist” instead. Some examples are:
   
   • Global domination: Hamas claims that “Zionists” control global politics, economics and media, which echo the infamous antisemitic conspiracy of “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.” Both the Nazis and Hamas have used this book to shift public opinion about Jews and justify their goal of annihilating them as a form of “defense.”
   
   • Dehumanizing language: Hamas and their supporters regularly refer to “Zionists” as subhuman, parasitic, monstrous or a disease that must be eradicated for the betterment of society. Similar to Nazi propaganda, Hamas and their supporters frequently depict “Zionists” in cartoons and signage with antisemitic stereotypes that liken them to bloodthirsty characters or animals, such as a devil, a vampire, a pig, a rat or an octopus. You may recall signs from recent “Free Palestine” hate rallies that read, “Keep the world clean” and feature a Star of David in a garbage can. They also refer to “Zionists” as “racists,” “white supremacists,” “colonizers,” “occupiers,” “baby killers” and “supporters of genocide.” This type of language is carefully designed to dehumanize the Jewish collective while pretending to merely criticize a government.

   
   • Blaming Zionists: This Nazi-style tactic involves scapegoating Jews by framing “Zionists” as the root cause of societal ills. Hamas and their supporters regularly make unfounded claims that “Zionists” are responsible for ongoing crises and conflicts all across the globe including wars, lack of universal health care, poverty in the US, police brutality, white supremacy, climate change and more in an effort to garner more support from various groups by creating a common enemy for their cause.

   

   Resistance/liberation: Just like Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Taliban, Boko Haram and other radical Islamic terrorist groups, Hamas uses the terms “resistance” and “liberation” to justify their terror attacks by casting them as struggles (“jihad”) against perceived oppression or injustice. They deliberately use these words in Western contexts to draw parallels with historic liberation movements, such as those against apartheid or colonial rule, in an effort to garner sympathy from a privileged, narcissistic society desperate to signal their virtue and prove their moral superiority.
   
   This language creates an illusion that they are championing a noble cause even when their tactics include burning innocent Israeli civilians alive, invading homes on a holiday morning, torturing children in front of their parents and parents in front of their children, dismembering them, gang raping women and parading their dead bodies around the streets like a trophy to cheering crowds, beheading people with a shovel, cutting open the stomach of a pregnant woman and killing her fetus in front of her, dragging dozens of children and the elderly along with hundreds more into Gaza tunnels after slaughtering their families—all of these atrocities we witnessed on/since October 7. When they hold up signs in cities across the world and chant “Resistance by any means necessary,” this is what they are really talking about. The rebranding of terrorism as “resistance,” so long as the victim is an easy, justifiable target or there is mass societal approval is a dangerous precedent that will have catastrophic consequences on the entire Western world. It is a signal of moral collapse and will set the stage for frequent and extreme violence that mirrors that of the Muslim & Arab world.

   

   Long live the Intifada: Hamas and their supporters around the world brazenly call for “Intifada” at rallies across the globe, with notable chants like “There is only one solution: Intifada revolution,” and “Globalize the Intifada.” They claim to use this word to simply mean “uprising,” which is its direct translation in Arabic, sanitizing their violence as mere resistance in the context of social justice or human rights. However, it is widely known both within Palestinian and Israeli societies that “Intifada” specifically refers to two significant periods of intense Palestinian terrorism (First Intifada: 1987-1993, Second Intifada: 2000-2005) where Palestinians targeted and murdered thousands of innocent Israelis in a series of violent attacks, suicide bombings, mass shootings and widespread destruction. When they chant “Long live the Intifada,” this is what they are really calling for.

   

   From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free: This frequently chanted slogan at pro-Hamas rallies is a carefully crafted euphemism designed to cloak their true intentions of eradicating Israel under the guise of liberation. The phrase refers to the entire territory of Israel, stretching from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea and is rooted in the Hamas charter which explicitly calls for the destruction of Israel. By invoking terms like “freedom” or “liberation,” these slogans deliberately exploit Western sympathies associated with civil rights and anti-colonial struggles, even though the story of a native “Palestinian” nation enduring colonization by “Zionists” (Jews) is a complete myth. “Free Palestine” itself is a euphemism for “Conquer Israel.” This persuasive language of liberation began being used by Palestinian activists in the last 2-3 decades when they discovered it was a far more powerful and evocative tool in manipulating Western public opinion than their traditional, “There are Jews everywhere. We must attack every Jew on planet Earth! We must slaughter and kill them, with Allah's help. We will lacerate and tear them to pieces.”
   
   The vast majority of “Free Palestine” activists who understand the true implications of this slogan proudly advocate for the replacement of Israel with a state they call “Palestine.” However, what often remains obscured, at least in English, is the explicit desire for this state to be an Arab Muslim one. This is why we often hear “Falasteen arabiyeh” (Palestine is Arab) chanted at “Free Palestine” rallies around the world. To them, it is not a movement for “collective liberation.” It is not even a liberation movement at all. It signifies an unapologetic Arab Muslim supremacist agenda aimed at conquering the singular Jewish state, which happens to be the only place in the Arab Muslim-colonized world where its indigenous inhabitants have successfully reclaimed their land and sovereignty.
   
   Some Western liberals have been fooled into believing that this slogan merely represents a desire for all people, Jews and Arabs, Christians and Muslims to be able to live in the land with equal rights and freedom. But what they don’t know or choose to ignore is that a model for coexistence between Jews and Arabs already exists between the river and the sea. It’s called Israel and it’s the only place in the Middle East where all ethnic and religious groups have equal rights and protections under the law, including 2 million Palestinians (Israeli Arabs) who are the descendants of those that chose peace in 1948 over war. This revolutionary model of coexistence is precisely what Hamas and their supporters want to dismantle because it includes Jews having equal power to Arab Muslims, an anathema in the Muslim world that challenges the power structures of Arab Muslim supremacy in which Jews have long been an inferior, powerless minority.
   
   This manipulative slogan has mobilized widespread support under completely false pretenses, turning those who would otherwise be genuine advocates for justice into unwitting supporters of a destructive agenda that actually seeks to kill them too… along with the rest of Western civilization. The October 7th massacre was a glimpse into what this slogan really means.
   

4. HATE RALLIES
   
   The Nazis held massive public rallies and delivered powerful speeches, which were central to their strategy in creating a sense of unity, tribalism and purpose among the German populace. The use of symbolism, such as swastika banners and uniforms, created a cohesive visual identity that unified a diverse audience. Fiery speeches, characterized by repetitive rhetoric, reinforced their antisemitic beliefs and normalized violent views among the public. Among the most common chants heard at Nazi rallies were those that featured an allegiance to their cause, emphasis on nationalism, scapegoating and dehumanization of Jews, unity, solidarity and supremacy. The emotional energy generated by these rallies galvanized widespread support and deepened the regime’s influence over German society.
   
   Hamas and its supporters strategically orchestrate large-scale public rallies and now college encampments in major Western cities, leveraging them as powerful tools in their propaganda arsenal. These events feature impassioned speakers employing rhetoric reminiscent of Hitler's oratory style, with chants such as “Free Palestine,” “The people united will never be defeated” and “Intifada revolution,” mirroring the “repeat after me” tactics employed by Hitler. Their objective is to create the illusion of widespread support for their cause, thus normalizing their extremist views through the influence of groupthink and social bias, much akin to the tactics employed by the Nazis.
   

   These rallies are presented as acts of resistance against oppression and appeals for collective liberation, providing a sense of purpose and belonging for those who feel marginalized or seek validation within a larger community. Symbolism, including the wearing of keffiyehs and waving of Palestinian flags, serves to reinforce a shared identity and offers an easy means for individuals to opt in and signal their virtue in a society obsessed with social status and validation, often driven by toxic Western saviorism. The black and white keffiyeh, originally an Arab cultural garment, has been appropriated as the endorsement symbol for a violent Palestinian ideology, much like the swastika was by the Nazis. It was first co-opted and popularized by infamous Palestinian terrorist and nationalist leader Yasser Arafat in the 1970s and has ever since been associated with terrorism against Israelis, symbolizing the ideological goal of their destruction and the establishment of a Palestinian state, which would be a 23rd Arab state/58th Muslim majority state built on the ruins of the world’s only Jewish state.
   

5. VICTIMHOOD NARRATIVE
   
   The Nazis used a narrative of victimization as a critical part of their propaganda strategy. The “Stab-in-the-Back” myth was central to their movement, claiming that their defeat in World War 1 was not because of their military failure but was due to the betrayal of Jews. They blamed their subsequent economic hardships and political instability on the Jews, who they used as a scapegoat that they then convinced the German public needed to be sacrificed for “justice” and the redemption of the German people. By portraying German society as victims, the Nazis were able to frame themselves as the defenders or heroes of the German people and galvanize widespread public support for their movement.
   
   Hamas also uses a victim narrative as the cornerstone of their “Free Palestine” propaganda. They regularly spread the myth that Palestinian Arabs welcomed the Jews fleeing the Nazis into their homes and that the Jews “stabbed them in the back,” stole their land and have been oppressing them ever since. The truth is that the Palestinian Arabs had been massacring Jewish communities for decades before the Holocaust and did everything they could to prevent Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis from arriving in British Mandatory Palestine (the land was never “theirs” to welcome Jews in). In fact, the primary goal of the infamous Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 was to halt immigration and land purchases by Jews, which led to the 1939 White Paper, a British policy change that prohibited land sales to Jews in many areas and limited Jewish immigration to 75,000 over a five-year period, stranding millions of Jews in Europe to be exterminated by the Nazis.

   
   Shortly after the Palestinian Arabs and their allies from Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt lost the war they waged against the newly established Jewish state, they blamed the "Zionists" for their subsequent displacement, economic hardships and political instability. Palestinian leadership and Hamas have successfully indoctrinated their society into believing that "Zionists" must be eradicated for the "justice" and redemption of the Palestinian people. For decades, they have worked to deceive the Western world into believing that they are victims of severe oppression—apartheid, ethnic cleansing, colonization and now genocide—rather than recognizing the natural consequences of their failed genocidal campaigns, including multiple wars and thousands of terrorist attacks against Jews. Hamas, much like the Nazis, has portrayed themselves as heroes and defenders of the Palestinian people, when in reality, they are the biggest enemy of their people: billionaires profiting off the suffering and conflict they have strategically engineered in their quest for more money and power.
   

6. SHIFTING CULTURE
   
   The strategic goal of the Nazi victimhood propaganda was to ultimately create a societal context in which discrimination and violence against Jews would not only be deemed acceptable but encouraged. They exploited and shifted cultural norms by leveraging the arts, cinema, theater and literature to frame Jews as existential threats, seeding fear and distrust among the populace. They infiltrated the education system and spread antisemitic conspiracy theories in school curricula from elementary school to higher education. They developed youth programs such as “Hitler Youth,” to indoctrinate a new generation with their hateful ideology.
   
   Gradually, over the course of years, what were once fringe ideas morphed into mainstream beliefs, ensnaring even the most educated and well-intentioned members of society in their web of deception. Trusted pillars of influence—from media moguls to revered academics—became unwitting purveyors of Nazi lies, perpetuating a false narrative of Jewish malevolence.
   
   With their newfound support, Nazis began targeting Jews by boycotting Jewish-owned businesses and then resorted to vandalism, assault and intimidation. The public reaction to early discriminatory and violent actions leaned toward acceptance or passive indifference. This laid the groundwork for more extensive and systematic persecution of Jews which eventually led to the forced displacement, ghettos, concentration camps and gas chambers.
   
   Hamas and their primary backer, the Islamic Republic of Iran have long sought to manipulate public opinion to further their ultimate goal of destroying Israel and Western civilization. They attempted to annihilate Israel through military force, but their repeated failures taught them a disturbing lesson: their losses could be turned into propaganda victories. By portraying themselves as victims of Israeli aggression, they have crafted a narrative of oppression that resonates with a naive Western audience. Each military defeat was spun as evidence of Israeli brutality, resulting in increased public sympathy and financial donations that their leaders would steal, along with decreased global support for Israel. This is why they inflate casualty numbers, hide among civilians and even target their own people trying to escape through evacuation routes set up by the Israel Defense Forces. They win in the court of public opinion when they lose on the battlefield. Their ultimate goal is to create a reality where their violence—no matter how indiscriminate or brutal—is seen as justified resistance. They seek to brainwash a society into believing that all Israelis and Zionists (which together make up 95% of the world’s Jews) are inherently guilty so that one day when they have successfully isolated Israel on the world stage, stripping her of her funding and defenses, they will be able to launch “the big war,” slaughter millions of Jews and destroy Israel in the name of “justice” just as the Nazis did. October 7th was a test and it proved their strategy to be tremendously successful.
   
   In order to support this genocidal mission, Hamas and Iran have spent decades infiltrating NGOs, human rights organizations and even the United Nations, institutions many still rely on as objective bodies dedicated to human rights and peace. This infiltration has allowed them to invert truths and manipulate public opinion, creating a new societal context in which atrocities like those on October 7 could be justified and even celebrated on the streets of New York, London, Paris, Montreal, Sydney and beyond. The fact that such abhorrent violence is being endorsed or ignored by academics on Ivy League campuses, celebrities on the red carpet and members of democratic governments is a stark indication of this cultural shift happening in real time. An extreme antisemitic ideology has yet again moved from the fringes to the mainstream. Imagine if hundreds of people from any other group were kidnapped from their homes or from a music festival by a terrorist organization; the international outrage would be overwhelming. Yet, because the victims are Jews, there is an alarming level of support for the perpetrators and silence for the victims. In the wake of this newfound support for Hamas, we do not need to ask ourselves, “What is next?” because we already know.

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   As we reflect on the parallels between the rise of Nazism and the rise of the “Free Palestine” movement, it becomes painfully clear that the lessons of history are slipping through our fingers. Despite the solemn vows of “Never Again,” we find ourselves at a crossroads, where the echoes of past atrocities reverberate ominously. The dehumanization, the alliances forged in hate, the manipulation of language, the victimhood narratives—these are harbingers of a darkness that if left unchallenged threatens to engulf all of us.