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 WASHINGTON (AP) - The violent crisis in Gaza has led the White House to reconsider tentative plans for President Bush to give a major address this month on his hopes for Mideast peace.
Bush's speech would mark the fifth anniversary of his call for a separate, independent Palestine alongside Israel. He was the first U.S. president to back that notion so fully and publicly. But his administration has taken heavy criticism for letting the peace process drift while conditions worsened for the impoverished Palestinians.
On Thursday, the administration gave hearty support to beleaguered Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas amid the deadly chaos in the Gaza Strip and insisted that Washington will not give up on hopes for Mideast peace.
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