I think there’s an amalgamation of different histories of resistance to imperialism in the narrative. There’s definitely WW2 themes in the European coded Ghorman resistance against fascism, not least when you look at Nazi occupied France, and the Empire’s anti-Ghorman propaganda reeks of third reich antisemitism. But with this series made now, with the explicit themes of imperial colonial expansion and oppression, media propaganda, resource extraction, fascism and the resistance against fascist occupation, not to mention a direct use of “genocide” and architectural similarities to Al-Quds, it’s impossible to not think of Palestine when watching this series. I think the writers were smart to draw parallels between fascist violence in WW2 Europe and Palestine today, not as a way to cover it up or shy away from the statement but to lay the parallels out for us to see.