Official says world not interested in Gaza op

Despite several statements by world leaders, the international community currently doesn’t really care about Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, a senior diplomatic official tells The Times of Israel.

“The international community is totally disinterested. Yes, there were a few press releases from [UK Foreign Secretary] William Hague and a few others, but generally the world doesn’t show any particular interest in this,” the official says. “They’re either very tired of this, or their attention is elsewhere or they want to go a summer vacation and don’t think this story is important enough.”

Most people are exhausted with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because they have “seen it again and again,” the officials adds. “Much worse is happening in the region, and people saw that we were attacked by Hamas rockets.”

— Raphael Ahren