For the last nine days, the eyes of the world have been on war-torn Gaza as it descended into all-out conflict and hundreds lost their lives. Yet Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair was far from the action - spending Christmas and New Year with his family.
For at least part of the time he was in London, where he was spotted at a special private opening of the Armani store in Knightsbridge.
In a weekend interview, Gordon Brown was asked if he had talked to his predecessor since the crisis began. He replied: 'Tony's on holiday at the moment.' It was not until Saturday that Mr Blair arrived at his office in Jerusalem, and he has still yet to pay his first visit the Gaza Strip.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said: 'People in the Middle East are entitled to ask themselves, "Where is Tony Blair? So far he has been conspicuous by his absence." (Source: Daily Mail)
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