One might ask why there has been such an unwillingness to provide Gazans shelter from the horrors of war. Housing refugees is incredibly expensive, yet neighboring states opened their doors to millions of refugees escaping from conflicts in Syria and Ukraine. Is it because of the potential security threat they pose? If so, surely women, children and the elderly could be provided for. Or is it that the countries that loudly condemn the suffering of Gazan civilians simply do not actually care about them? The tragedy of the people of Gaza is that they are used by Hamas as human shields, as part of a public relations campaign to hamper Israel\u2019s ability to fight Hamas. While the international community seems to be taken in by this campaign it only does so insofar as it wishes to use this as a stick with which to beat to Israel. Other than some limited pledges of aid, their concern for the Palestinian citizens does not seem to extend to a willingness to take practical measures to alleviate their suffering.<\/p>\n
If governments across the world have failed to offer refuge to Gazan civilians, their populations have similarly offered little in the way of meaningful assistance. Although people across the world march in solidarity with the Palestinian people, in fact, they do them a great disservice. First, by not calling for the fall of Hamas, a brutal regime that cares nothing for the welfare of its own people. Second, as is typical with virtue signaling gestures \u2013 they allow themselves to feel they have helped those that are suffering, while demonstrating no desire to take the kind of action that might really help the victims\u2019 cause.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n