US Generation Z and their support for Hamas: cowardice disguised as 'rebellion'

In an increasingly polarized world, the results of a recent poll conducted by Harvard University and the Harris Research Foundation have raised concerns about the views of American youth. According to the study, a majority of Generation Z—specifically those between the ages of 18 and 24—express greater support for Hamas than for Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This age group is the only one among those surveyed that leans toward the Palestinian terrorist organization, highlighting the need for deeper reflection on the roots of this stance and its implications for the future of the West.

This phenomenon can be attributed to what has been called the Crystal Generation: young people who, while projecting an image of rebelliousness and strength in protests and on social media, have actually grown up in an environment of inherited privilege. The further generations move away from the wars, sweat, and tears that forged the democratic freedoms and economic prosperity they enjoy today, the more they take those gains for granted. In fact, even the atrocities committed during the Holocaust are often trivialized.

Without having shed a drop of blood or put in significant effort, they see the world as an inherited right, which leads them to constantly make demands on previous generations without appreciating the value of what they have. Like eternal adolescents, their primal instinct is to rebel against the establishment—regardless of the reason—simply for the sake of opposing it.

This life of unearned luxury generates in them a toxic mix of envy, frustration, and guilt. In their quest to forge an identity of their own, they despise everything that gives them comfort: the capitalism that allows them to consume without limits and the open societies that tolerate their dissent. They try to change the world without having yet learned to navigate even everyday reality.

The "strong" versus the "weak"

To alleviate their inferiority complex, they adopt the discourse of the strong versus the weak, invariably positioning themselves on the side of the supposedly oppressed. It matters little if that weak represents a culture of death and intolerance—one that would not hesitate to massacre those who criticize its ideology, depict a prophet, choose to love people of the same sex, or simply show some skin. The geographical and cultural distance makes everything seem irrelevant; the horror feels far away, in an abstract place. The situation will be very different when the blood of their own begins to spill more frequently in the West.

It is precisely this dynamic that explains their attachment to the Palestinian cause. What they call rebellion is nothing more than cowardice in disguise. They can spread the worst lies, revive anti-Semitic blood libels, and spew hatred without fear of physical reprisal. Similarly, they dare to mock Christianity. However, they turn a blind eye to far more devastating conflicts, where real genocides are carried out with hundreds of thousands of victims: Congo, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and Nigeria, among many others.

May they recognize in time that true rebellion lies in defending the principles that have made the West a beacon of progress, rather than aligning themselves with those who seek to destroy it.Leandro Fleischer

They do not even care about the Palestinians who suffer systematic discrimination in countries such as Jordan or Lebanon. They proclaim themselves feminists but remain deafeningly silent in the face of oppressive regimes like Iran or the Taliban in Afghanistan, where women face daily atrocities. They know that, if they were to raise their voices there, their safety and integrity would be at real risk. It is a selective, convenient, and ultimately hypocritical rebellion, driven by adolescent pride, caprice, and extreme cognitive dissonance that prevents them from recognizing their own inconsistency.

This paradox is compounded when we consider the narrative that equates Israel (and the U.S.) with oppressive imperialism, while the Islamists, who openly seek the destruction of the West from within their own societies, are seen as victims. Israel, a tiny country built by refugees who fled real persecution in Europe and the Middle East, is accused of colonizing by force, while the true ideologues of intolerance—operating from the bowels of Western democracies—are excused or even celebrated. Apparently, they are neither imperialists nor colonizers.

By adopting this stance, Generation Z not only misunderstands history but also unwittingly buys its own demise, supporting forces that, if successful, would not hesitate to eradicate the values of freedom and pluralism they claim to defend. Indeed, these forces would not hesitate to separate the heads from the bodies of their current allies (so-called “useful idiots”).

The influence of Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood

Added to this is an external and sinister factor: the growing influence of Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood in American universities and the international media. These geopolitical actors have invested millions in professorships, scholarships, and propaganda campaigns, exploiting the vulnerability of young minds eager to rebel without a clear cause. They bombard them with biased and false narratives, turning them into useful idiots for an agenda that seeks to undermine Western values from within. Patiently and deliberately, they aim to mold future American and European elites. However, if they succeed, these same young people will be the first to suffer the consequences: ideological or literal decapitations, as already evident in the growing Islamization of Western Europe, accompanied by increasingly frequent terrorist attacks against innocent civilians who simply wish to live in freedom.

The future is at stake

It is time for this generation to wake up, to start critically evaluating what is said on the internet and in traditional media, to analyze speeches as objectively as possible, and not simply focus on who is saying it or whether it aligns with what they want to hear to fit their preconceptions.

Their current stance not only ignores the complexity of the real world but also puts at risk the very freedoms that allow them to protest and live as they please. If they continue to be manipulated by external forces and their own immaturity, the cost could be too high. May they recognize in time that true rebellion lies in defending the principles that have made the West a beacon of progress, rather than aligning themselves with those who seek to destroy it. The future depends on it.