After one on one meetings with President Obama , and a working dinner, Mideast leaders are at the State Department today to re-start direct talks toward establishing peace in the Middle East.
Before their working dinner last night, President Obama said, "For Muslims, this is Ramadan. For Jews, this is Elul. It is rare for those two months to coincide. But this year, tonight, they do. Different faiths, different rituals, but a shared period of devotion —- and contemplation. A time to reflect on right and wrong; a time to ponder one’s place in the world; a time when the people of two great religions remind the world of a truth that is both simple and profound, that each of us, all of us, in our hearts and in our lives, are capable of great and lasting change."
and, "I am hopeful -- cautiously hopeful, but hopeful -- that we can achieve the goal that all four of these leaders articulated."
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