So I've kept away from the entire Palestine / Israel conflict all together and I'm very ignorant on the topic.

Most people don't have the means to go there and destroy the missiles. But changing the minds of politicians to stop supplying weapons to brutally murder civilians with is achievable.

And it does affect everyone on earth. Turning a blind eye (or even contributing) to a genocide sets a dangerous precedent. It's not impossible to happen in the USA as well, and if you become the target, you don't want the world to remember it's fine to ignore it if it's far away.

You did a good thing to stay away from this conflict so far! Saved your time 😏
You claim to be ignorant, but you are giving an anti protestor response on every comment. 😊
I’ll try to answer just one question you have asked. “Why should we the west be getting involved?” The hard fact is that the US has been involved in Middle East politics and war from the time I have been reading the news and perhaps more. They fund it. They gain by controlling Oil supplies and prices. They sell weapons and earn millions from wars in this disturbed region. They are involved in toppling governments, taking sides in wars between neighbours, leading NATO nations and most others in forcing economic sanctions on Middle East nations that do not bend their knees, and unilaterally destroying nations because it has a hunch that they have weapons of mass destruction which is ultimately proven false after the nation is ruined and the head toppled, trailed and hanged.
It should be the moral duty of any American with a conscience to protest when America is again funding a genocide in the Middle East.

Of course you are excused since you said you are ignorant. 😀

Exactly. Why are they protesting here. Go over there and do it. Also why in a college campus? Why not at google or an office building?? Makes no sense. People are so starved for attention. If people are that concerned, hop a plane over there and do something g about it.

people claim they arent antisemite... but still they protest a relatively small scale conflict of a country defending itself against terrorist attacks that are supported by states who openly ask to destroy that country and kill all inhabitant.

if people really cared there are a dozen worse conflicts going on around the world where people suffer worse... but hey thats not the jews so noone cares.

also its the hamas that started this and they are the one blocking a cease fire aswell... so yeah israel deserves all the support we can give them against this murder cult

Despite the self-righteousness of the protesters, the basis seems to be born in antisemitism -- the protesters support a terrorist group and, while Israel has over-reacted terribly, those protestors ignore much worse war crimes and crimes against humanity all around the world because those crimes are NOT related to Jews. Just one example: I don't see any college campus being "occupied" but protestors to Putin's crime in Ukraine.

Don’t start it man. I once asked some question and people were too serious

Israel is committing genocide.

Just like before. Nobody really knew. Nobody knows. You're so busy.

https://similarworlds.com/uncategorized/4858251-How-can-people-conveniently-forget-crimes-of-Hamas-and-still

I think it's more about raising awareness of the situation by any means possible. I think that's the intention behind most.

Because our nations are supporting Israel financially and worth weapons and that's what is being f protested in the West. You do what can where you are at.