Wars by their own nature are divisive.
They involve (at least) two sides who do not agree on something so significant that the best course of action is to kill those who hold a different outlook.
Of course, that definition is extremely simplistic. No two wars are alike, and there are often multiple contributing factors including the nature of governments, disagreements on territory, access to resources or even religious beliefs.
Conflicts end when there is a winner, or an agreement is reached between the warring parties.
They do not end because a faceless profile has put a Palestinian flag in their social media bio.
Israel’s war with Hamas has caused divisions far beyond the Middle East. Even in the United States, different family members hold different views on the conflict.
Pro-Palestinian leftists have been vocal in their slacktivist efforts. Flags have appeared in profiles, and McDonald’s has been boycotted (although the impact in the U.S. is somewhat limited).
Yet, unless they hop on a plane to Gaza in swathes and pick up a weapon, their meaningless gestures won’t make a blind bit of difference.
A student who uses the twitter handle “Donut_tweetz” shared a video of her own protest that proved that exact point. The footage came from her graduation, where she held up a bedsheet which is barely legible. She also muted the video, most likely as the audience in attendance disagreed with her anti-Israel view with either laughter or booes (or both).
Alas, she was ridiculed by thousands on social media.
And how did her parents react to her virtue signalling? Well…
I guess if her goal was to ruin her own life for no reason whatsoever, that mission was accomplished.
