Betlemme, Cisgiordania

Palestinian Muslim worshippers wait to pass the checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on the second Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. The Obama administration said Thursday it is near to securing an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians to resume direct peace talks.

(AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)