The nation of Israel entered the war in one of its greatest periods of rift since the establishment of the state. The period was full of disputes and bickering that caused a rift in the nation, and even security and economic problems. But it was from God, and the war broke out, and right now, out of the great darkness in the fighting, we also have to look at the points of light that exist in our reality.
These days, the same citizens who were in the demonstrations of both sides get into the same tank, into the same platoon of fighters, and fight for weeks when every moment they are shoulder to shoulder, and their lives depend on each other. "Brothers in Arms" fight in the same tank with the settler "Messianic No'ar HaGva'ot". During these weeks, when the citizens wear olive uniforms, they get to connect with people who were on the other side of the demonstration, with people who saw them as the enemies of the people and the next existential danger of the State of Israel. But now, they are brothers. Brothers in Arms for real and not as a slogan.
The camaraderie between warriors is a camaraderie that cannot be explained. A stranger will not understand it. It is impossible to explain the extreme situations where your life is in danger against a cruel enemy and you and your friends fight together to destroy it. Some of the friends return home safely and some do not return at all. Even in the fighting in the kibbutzim and Gaza Strip envelope cities such as Ofakim and Sderot, we saw the citizens fighting shoulder to shoulder.
