Image featuring Hung Shang-kai, a Taiwanese doctor returning from Gaza. Screenshot of video on Taiwan News Formosa TV’s YouTube channel. Fair use. While Taiwan demonstrated official and societal support for Ukraine in the days following the full-scale invasion by Russia, reactions to Israel’s war in Gaza have been and remain much more subdued. Most responses endorse the policies of the Israeli government, including within Taiwanese society. However, there are a few Taiwanese, mostly activists, who show support for Palestinians in general, and Gazans in particular. To unpack those narrative fro…