Zwischen Heimat und Hamas Antisemitismus, Rassismus und islamistische Propaganda bei Compact und AUF1 nach dem 7. Oktober

Abstract

Between Homeland and Hamas. Antisemitism, Racism, and Islamist Propaganda in the Right-Wing Conspiracist Media AUF1 and Compact Since October 7
This article examines how the conspiracist media platforms AUF1 and Compact interpret events from the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, in Israel to the U.S. airstrikes against Iran on June 22, 2025. Particular attention is paid to antisemitism, conspiracy narratives, and racism, as well as portrayals of Israel, Donald Trump, and the MAGA movement. The analysis is theoretically grounded in Critical Theory of Antisemitism and recent research on right-wing extremism and conspiracy ideology. Through an ideology-critical content analysis, the article demonstrates how both media outlets combine antisemitic and racist narratives with far-right notions of ‘resistance’, victim and perpetrator are reversed at the expense of Israel and in favor of Hamas and the Iranian regime, and how the image of ‘Zionist puppet masters of the Deep State’ as a central enemy trope becomes more and more apparent.

Keywords: Antisemitism, Antizionism, Conspiracy Ideology, Right-wing Extremism, October 7th, Islamism

Bibliography: Schreiter, Nikolai: Zwischen Heimat und Hamas. Antisemitismus, Rassismus und islamistische Propaganda bei Compact und AUF1 nach dem 7. Oktober, ZRex – Zeitschrift für Rechtsextremismusforschung, 2-2026, pp. 160-177.