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Being critical of what Israel is doing right now is completely fine and I am certainly a supporter of the palestinian struggle, but platforming a preacher calling for a "dark day" for all jews is not something that should be supported either. It's a shame that so many people can't seem to differ between jewish people and israel, it just makes it so much easier for israel to hide behind the "antisemitism" argument whenever their actions are called into question. However, antisemitism is still a big issue in the pro-palestinian camp.
If most of the anti Israel really cared about the Palestinians, you’d get the same amount of people protesting wrongs in Saudi, Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, slave trade in Libya etc.
Instead you get 10-20x more interest because a lot of these protestors are actually antisemite using this as a platform to spew their hatred.
Are there decent people? Sure. However just by looking at the magnitude of difference between this conflict and any other conflict should tell you that something else is driving it
People care about this conflict because major powers with deep pockets have made it the top geopolitical priority in the region. Between the US and the rich Arab Gulf countries, over a trillion dollars were probably spent funding and promoting this conflict.
As much as people like to think of themselves as independent thinkers, the average person's opinion on foreign affairs is largely shaped by the geopolitical interests of their countries. The reason your average American cares about Taiwan and not the countless territorial disputes elsewhere in the world is largely the result of the US-China political escalation. It's also why people in the west are all of a sudden "care" about Uyghurs and their century-long issues with the central Chinese government and not people who are actually getting genocided as we speak like the Amhara in Ethiopia.
I think you're being a bit too cynical. The average person is appalled by and cares about any genocide. I'd say the main difference between the examples you gave is people's awareness of what's happening