The Goldin and Shaul families could’ve been spared the exchange of blows with the PM’s close circle if they only knew UN envoy Mladenov, who orchestrated the proposed ceasefire agreement, has packed his bags and gone on his annual vacation. Israel knows Mladenov’s ambitious plan has no chance. Now it hopes it can turn back time and go back to the days before the ‘March of Return’ campaign.

If someone had told the Goldin and Shaul families that UN Special Envoy Nickolay Mladenov—the man behind the proposed ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas—has already left the region last weekend for his annual holiday, they may have been spared another exchange of blows with the Prime Minister’s Office and those unnamed Cabinet members who accused them of emotional blackmail.

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