Evil often presents itself in a quiet, insidious way. It doesn’t announce itself loudly; instead, it whispers, which is, perhaps, a bit more seductive. Words like justice, empathy, and freedom get twisted, making hate appear justified and violence seem courageous.
This manipulation is on display again—on our streets, in universities, and within the rhetoric of those who should know better. It’s an age-old story, rehashed under a new banner.
Evil wins when good people mirror that anger.
Recently, drone footage revealed Hamas operatives staging a scene that purported to show hostages’ bodies being discovered. They pushed the bodies out of windows, hidden them, and then called in aid workers to “find” what they’d staged. It was performance art; evil masquerading as victimhood, all caught on camera.
This is how malevolence operates. It rarely comes in openly; it often infiltrates through skewed compassion. This same drive is behind the moral decay seen across our institutions, from universities to government.
Consider Zoran Mamdani, a congressman from New York who has openly praised jihadists while defending pro-Hamas activists. His father, a professor at Columbia University, has suggested a linkage between the U.S. and al-Qaeda, arguing that suicide bombings should not be labeled as barbaric. Think about witnessing 3,000 Americans perish on 9/11, yet holding such views. That’s not deep thinking—it’s an incomplete education.
This kind of indoctrination often comes from foreign actors, finding allies among those here at home. For example, the pro-Hamas demonstrations across campuses last year were financed by Iran, a regime that represses its own citizens for speaking freely.
Ancient evil, new facade
The greater threat, however, may not be foreign funding. It lies in spiritual blindness that leads good people to equate resentment with justice and envy with insight. The Bible mentions Amalek—an eternal adversary to the faithful, striking at the vulnerable from behind while the strong avert their gaze. Amalek’s essence is timeless; only the vocabulary shifts over time.
Today, Amalek tweets. It manifests through professors portraying terrorism as “anti-colonial resistance” and from pulpits that redefine violence as “solidarity.” It thrives on algorithms fueling the narrative that Jews control everything and that disorder amounts to freedom. These are age-old lies, just dressed up differently.
When nations buy into such untruths, it’s not just the Jews who suffer first. The entire nation begins to decline. The spirit fades long before the body is affected. At Auschwitz, the end didn’t begin with smoke; it started with silence and slogans.
Choices ahead
So, what can one do? Speak the truth calmly, firmly, without malice. Because hate doesn’t eliminate hate; it merely fuels it. Truth, compassion, and bravery can ultimately extinguish it.
Evil prevails when good people reflect that rage. Amalek thrives when you combat him using his own methods. The only enduring victory comes through moral clarity devoid of bitterness, courage without cruelty.
The battles we face aren’t novel. They’re a continuation of the struggle between awareness and forgetfulness, between humility and arrogance. The same spirit that whispered to historical figures like Pharaoh and Hitler, and to every mob believing that hate could mend the world, is now whispering again across our devices, in classrooms, and within our places of worship.
Are you for it or against it?
