Is it all that surprising that its easier to empathize with people more like yourself than others? I assure you that I don't feel that way, but I understand wh

Is it all that surprising that its easier to empathize with people more like yourself than others? I assure you that I don't feel that way, but I understand why. It's the same reason people often want to help "their own" before helping others. It starts with helping your nuclear family then to extended then to friends then to the city then to the state then to the country then to the ethnicity (country and ethnicity may switch priorities). No one can care for the whole world so we have to prioritize by some means. There's also a point to be made that Israel and Palestine are already fucked as its been happening for decades now. The world has a chance to stop an atrocity from happening now. Another point can be made that the Israeli and Palestinian conflict isn't as obvious as Russian invading Ukraine. And the final thing I would note is that this post could be construed as classic whataboutism.