Every right-minded person will have reeled at the terror wrought by Hamas on innocent Israelis last week. Every right-minded person will be aghast at the devastation the Israeli government is raining down on innocent Palestinians in Gaza right now.

Understandably, emotions are running high. LinkedIn, typically a staid, often sentimental, platform, has become an amphitheatre of grief, vitriolic comment and intense political disagreement, much of it generated by lawyers.