10 things you need to know today: November 21, 2012

Israel and Gaza fail to reach a truce, Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash resigns, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash attends the 2010 Peabody Awards: Clash resigned from Sesame Street Tuesday after a second man alleged he had a sexual relationship with Clash when the accuser was a
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1. NO CEASE-FIRE DEAL REACHED IN ISRAEL-GAZA CONFLICT

Efforts to negotiate a deal between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza continued Wednesday, after conflicting reports had surfaced Tuesday about an imminent truce. After Hamas official Ayman Taha said Tuesday that an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire in the eight-day conflict would go into effect, Israel and Egypt said the deal was still up in the air. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayanhu to help broker a cease-fire. From there she headed to the West Bank to meet with Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, which is estranged from the Hamas leaders of the Gaza Strip. Before heading to Cairo to consult with Egyptian officials, Clinton was to meet once more with Netanyahu. Israel's rocket attacks continued, with the Israeli Defense Forces saying they made a direct hit on militants building rockets. [New York Times]

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