I don’t know if there’s a good comparison available.
when I was at UT during the troubles the IRA/Sinn Fein sent this young lady to recruit Irish Americans and American leftists of all stripes and our money to the cause of a free and Independent Irish Republic.
It made no difference that most of us were not Roman Catholic or even Irish. Ireland and the world beckoned us to join the struggle! Further, the solidarity of purpose between a free Ireland and a free Palestine (and, sotto voce, against the unholy alliance of great power imperialism and international Jewry) was repeatedly and strongly emphasized.
Anyway she was a knockout. Thick auburn hair, freckles, green eyes, and built to be painted on a B-29. Sort of a mix between prime Lindsey Lohan and Michelle Monaghan.
I didn’t volunteer to go fight and I didn’t have any money to give but I did shoot my shot and went down in flames. I feel that in my own way I did my part as a martyr for the cause.