Parashat Ekev offers Israel a timeless blueprint for survival—victory comes not through Western weakness disguised as morality, but through unwavering strength and the crushing of enemies who seek our destruction.
Parashat Ekev speaks with eternal clarity to Israel in her time of trial. The Torah does not counsel hesitation, appeasement, or adopting the progressive West’s inverted morality, where compassion is extended even to those who live by violence and terror. Instead, it commands the opposite: when facing enemies who openly seek your destruction, there is no room for compromise.
The message is stark and unapologetic: an enemy dedicated to annihilation forfeits any claim to sympathy or pity. To show them compassion is not mercy—it is cruelty to the innocent who will pay the price of their survival.
Israel today is locked in a struggle not just for borders, but for its very existence. The Torah’s directive is not diluted by the passing of centuries. It demands clarity, strength, and resolve: evil must be crushed, decisively and without hesitation.
The world may waver, excuse, and rationalize, but Israel’s survival depends on faith, courage, and an iron will to confront those who rise against it. That is the eternal covenant. That is the true morality.
