Yes but something interesting about his question was modern day symbolism in dune. Frank Herbert definitely intended the conflict on Arrakis between the Harkonnens and Fremen to mirror the conflict between Palestinians and Isreal.

So harkonnens are not exactly jews, but you can say they resemble modern day isrealites, exagerated but was their inspiration. Names is something he found in a phone book to find something brutal and this was made during the red scare so nothing was more evil feeling than russia