As of this morning: Iran is holding three American civilians, Saudi Arabia says that they won't make any gestures toward Israel, Syria is insisting on a series of non-starters as preconditions for talks, the oh-so-moderate Fatah party is about to harden their party line to match Obama's anti-Israel stance, and Hamas is threatening to boycott Palestinian unity talks because of whatever today's pretext is.

At least the US didn't spend the week pressuring Israel in an attempt to curry favor with the Arab and Muslim world:

The US demand for an Israeli settlement freeze remains unchanged, Mideast envoy George Mitchell told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at his Ramallah headquarters on Monday evening, according to Palestinian official Saaeb Erekat, who took part in the talks. "Mitchell told Abbas that contrary to what has been said in the mass media there is no agreement with the Israeli side on anything," Erekat told reporters. Another Palestinian official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to divulge Mitchell's comments to Palestinian leaders, said the US envoy reported that while there had been some progress in his talks with the Israelis on the issue, gaps remain.

Good. Because creating unreasonable expectations on one side and historically unprecedented distrust on the other is the way to move negotiations forward. Smart power!

References and previously after the jump...

References:
* Iran confirms detaining three US hikers [JPost]
* Saudi FM: No gestures toward Israel [JPost]
* Assad: Golan issue non-negotiable [YNet]
* 'Fatah conference to harden party line' [JPost]
* Obama's Anti-Israel Posture Undermining The Peace Process, Hardening Palestinian Demands [MR]
* Hamas threatens to boycott Cairo talks [JPost]
* 'US settlement-halt demand unchanged' [JPost]

Previously:
* Former Peace Process Diplomats To Obama: Renewed Peace Process Guaranteed To Fail
* Obama Alienates The Israeli Left: "He Has Spoken About Us But Not To Us"
* NYT: Israel Is Kind Of Undermining Obama's Diplomacy, Isn't It?