Are more people apathetic towards the Palestinian people than supportive of them?

First, no one in their right mind trusts any "ad hoc" charity. How do we know you will not steal the money and go out to a fine French restaurant? We do not. Only legitimate charities that have track records and publish financial reports are worthy of support. If their executives are paid more than $75,000 per year, like the Red Cross, forget it, I would not give a dime. Salvation Army, yes, they seem to be legitimate and they have no highly paid employees. The Palestinian people are suffering, indeed, and I hate to see any human being suffering. However, there has to be some blame placed on the people themselves for the kind of government they have elected. Come to think of it, that is true in the United States who elected Obama and the likes of George Bush before him. We got exactly what we asked for. Your intentions to alleviate suffering seem sincere and I applaud you for them. Also, do you have like sentiments for the suffering people in Israel that must endure the continued attack of missiles and bombs and terrorist nuts? I hope you do. As for me, I have pity on all people that are suffering but pity does not go as far as it use to. In fact, it only assists in dealing with the pain of viewing suffering with almost nothing that may be done. With the current realities on the ground there are no solutions. If you lived in Israel, would you trust a government whose explicit doctrine included the extermination of your country and its people? I think not. Until that changes, we will witness another decade or century of fighting until someone uses a nuclear weapon and we will enter a new "dark age" in civilization. This may happen in the next 10-15 years.