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(1) the coconut is totally unfamiliar w/ identity(ies) politic(s) in that the way she was brought up from the get-go was, and Jack now, is to be inclusive, helpful, respectful, ... , observe, learn, deliberate, etc etc etc, and we have not emphasised much about identity(ies) except that she is unique :0)
(2) what the nut finds bewildering is that the school is split asunder, she has friends on both sides of the simultaneous equations, and she was SURPRISED that she has Jewish family - a shocker that we never pointed out the obvious to her, that her Russian cousin en.wikipedia.org Yolanda ("Iolanda is a Jew?") is Jewish due to maternal and paternal lineage, and her two paternal uncles are ... drum roll ... Jews, due to maternal lineage, and one uncle married to a Uyghur Muslim
(3) the nut also, but just found out from my mention, that one of my better friends is American Palestinian whose extended family has something to do with some key to some church in Jerusalem
(4) I asked the nut what she thought of the latest in ME and she thought (and she knows the history better than I do)
(a) the history of the region is long
(b) conflicts many, or too many
(c) resolution(s) can only be one of quite a few, and only one good, and rest bad, worse, and worst
(5) the nut knows that all domains on this planet has an authoritative script / narrative re the ME
(6) the nut has friends from the dorm, dance company, humour magazine, sorority, and from her classes, and count amongst them Jews, WASP types, Chinese of various genre, etc generally a mixed bag
(7) specifically re your question, <<Which side is she on?>> ... she reckons "all sides need to stop fighting the war, and that happens by dialogue amongst all sides and also with people on no-side, but before that can happen, a lot more happens by force arms in the lead up"
