(Ha'aretz) Gili Cohen - Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon told a conference at Bar-Ilan University on Monday that the Gaza war lasted for 50 days mainly because Israel insisted that Hamas accept the Egyptian cease-fire proposal - which it ultimately did - and would not agree to alternative proposals that Hamas preferred. A schism in the Hamas leadership also contributed to prolonging the war, he added, saying that Khaled Meshaal, the Qatar-based head of Hamas' political bureau, "brought about a significant delay in the cease-fire."
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