to die and be born again

I'm troubled by the Amalek passages in the bible. How can it be an eternal command to hate and destroy Amalek? Is there no repentance? Aren't they, like all other human beings, created in the image of G-d and therefor to be loved and respected?

Didn't Yeshua die for each and every sinner?

Yes, the sinner needs to die and be born again. (And I don't mean - as my flat mates might want to understand - in a reincarnation. I believe in resurrection, definitly not in reincarnation, - except as the very same person at the time of the resurrection.)

How can I get through to the people, my flat mates, which hate the Arabs and justify this hatred with the commanded hatred for Amalek?

I'm used to differenciate between people and their actions: I hate sinful actions, but I love the sinner. I'm used to look at people groups which are full of hatred and abominations as people that need to be reached by the love of G-d. I'm used to pay the price, if necessary with my own life, to get the message of the Gospel across. How many missionaries got killed, but the people were reached through the remaining family or team by the surprising absence of hatred and vengance and the experience of continued and even more fervent love.