Obama and Abbas: From Speed Dial to Not Talking

"Later this month, the Palestinians seem determined to go to the United Nations again, this time to ask for recognition of a Palestinian state, a move the United States has vowed to oppose. But Mr. Obama has no plans to call Mr. Abbas, a senior administration official said, because it is clear that the president can say little to stop him. (The United States blocked the last Palestinian resolution as well.)

“The beginning of their relationship was good — auspicious, actually,” said Ziad J. Asali, the president of the American Task Force on Palestine. “But then decisions, mistakes and reality changed the relationship.”"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/world/middleeast/10memo.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

White House Memo: Obama and Abbas: From Speed Dial to Not Talking