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Last update - 01:40 23/04/2008
Barbra Streisand pulls out of Israel 60th anniversary jubilee
By The Associated Press
Tags: sixtieth anniversary 

Israel says Barbra Streisand has pulled out of a celebration of the country's 60th anniversary next month, citing personal reasons.

Streisand was one of the big-name guests slated to appear at a festive Jerusalem convention hosted by President Shimon Peres beginning May 13. The American diva was supposed to perform a rendition of the Hebrew prayer Avinu Malkeinu, or Our Father Our King.

But she notified the Israeli government two weeks ago that she would not be able to attend after all due to unspecified personal obligations, her spokesman Dick Guttman said.
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"She celebrates as always the nation's courage and purpose and flourishing democracy, and is saddened that she cannot be there to do so in person," Guttman said in a statement, which described Streisand as "a devoted supporter of Israel since her earliest youth."

The anniversary convention's guest list still includes heads of state like U.S. President George W. Bush and technology czars like Google founder Sergey Brin.

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      1.   cowardly move on her part 13:03  |  don 22/04/08
      2.   She is a Leftist. They must have influenced her not to go 13:11  |  Fortunee 22/04/08
      3.   #1 Who cares. She can`t sing anymore and she`s a bore 13:13  |  Liliane 22/04/08
      4.   Barbara Leftist, left us high and dry 13:30  |  Avi 22/04/08
      5.   Top five reasons she won`t appear at 60th anniversary.. 13:30  |  David 22/04/08
      6.   no vera lynn 13:31  |  Rob of melbourne 22/04/08
      7.   wher`s Amy Winehouse ... 13:33  |  Rob of melbourne 22/04/08
      8.   SHE COULDN`T EVER SING "OUR FATHER,OUR KING".... 13:35  |  David 22/04/08
      9.   Let her stay home. 13:46  |  petra 22/04/08
      10.   for Barbara Joan Streisand 13:47  |  Ari ben Yisrael 22/04/08
      11.   Right decision! How can she rejoice when the Palestinians have 13:52  |  lakshmi 22/04/08
      12.   Let`s hope they all pull out 14:03  |  Chanalau, Tova 22/04/08
      13.   I am not surprised 14:14  |  Einstein 22/04/08
      14.   don`t read too much ; may have personal excuse such a an illness 14:26  |  r 22/04/08
      15.   for Barbara Joan Streisand 14:39  |  Ari ben Yisrael 22/04/08
      16.   streisand 14:42  |  colin 22/04/08
      17.   bs 14:42  |  E 22/04/08
      18.   Let me see, Is Bette Midler coming? 14:53  |  Buzaglow 22/04/08
      19.   C`mon Babs! 14:53  |  :) 22/04/08
      20.   Right decision 14:56  |  JD 22/04/08
      21.   she is making a mistake 15:04  |  me 22/04/08
      22.   How can anyone celebrate an APARTHEID STATE & OCCUPATIONAL STATE 15:08  |  POP 22/04/08
      23.   Admirable lady 15:09  |  Edith 22/04/08
      24.   How about Amy Winehouse? 15:13  |  Mark B. 22/04/08
      25.   I KNOW WHY 15:14  |  indrajaya 22/04/08
      26.   CHANALAU `No one wants to be assosciated-".are you sure? 15:25  |  PETER SM 22/04/08
      27.   LAKSHMI."Right decision` .So you know her reason? 15:27  |  PETER SM 22/04/08
      28.   Note for the Picture Editor 15:46  |  Clickfool 22/04/08
      29.   intifada 15:55  |  ron 22/04/08
      30.   SHE IS POLITICALY INCORECT 15:56  |  MIKE 22/04/08
      31.   #11, 12 15:58  |  jeff 22/04/08
      32.   Haaretz -- Clean up your act, finally! 16:02  |  RKR 22/04/08
      33.   INDRAJAYA SO WHY HASN`T SHE VISITED THE LANDS OF PEACE 16:02  |  PETER SM 22/04/08
      34.   POP anyone who is not a propoganda parrot can 16:04  |  PETER SM 22/04/08
      35.   A trend ... 16:05  |  Esther 22/04/08
      36.   Judge people favorably 16:20  |  Shmuel 22/04/08
      37.   SHAME ON YOU BABS, SHAME ON YOU!!!! 16:20  |  david 22/04/08
      38.   She must have an appointment..... 16:27  |  Sherman 22/04/08
      39.   STOP!READ ! Another five top reasons Brooklyn Babsy won`t attend 16:30  |  David 22/04/08
      40.   Streisand is garbage. I knew host of 3oth wouldn`t participate 16:37  |  Maya 22/04/08
      41.   Just Another Hollywood Chicken 16:44  |  Yosemite 22/04/08
      42.   Barbara Streissmacher 16:48  |  Kyle 22/04/08
      43.   poor coward barbara 16:48  |  michel 22/04/08
      44.   Leftie Esther from TA :Vote with your feet ,move to Litaun 17:04  |  Absolute Sweden 22/04/08
      45.   27 Peter SM,simple reasoning! For someone who rooted for liberal 17:09  |  lakshmi 22/04/08
      46.   hahahah...stupid cow 17:13  |  anti-streisand 22/04/08
      47.   People, she gave no reason for not coming! 17:39  |  Gideon 22/04/08
      48.   Israel disrespected American President 17:56  |  Greg 22/04/08
      49.   We`re proud of you, Barbra 18:08  |  wibism 22/04/08
      50.   # 33 but she did visit Germany so what you talking about? 18:10  |  Kris Lazar 22/04/08
      51.   Great News - Who Needs the Cowardly , 2 Bit Phony ? 18:13  |  Tod zuckerman 22/04/08
      52.   Christmas CD 18:17  |  NYC 22/04/08
      53.   To: No.36 - Shmuel - You Are Right! 18:21  |  IQ 134 22/04/08
      54.   STREISAND IS PUMPED SO FULL OF BOTOX .. 18:28  |  Mary 22/04/08
      55.   REPLACE HER WITH MUCH BETTER SINGER BETTE MIDLER! 18:29  |  Linda Rivera 22/04/08
      56.   Re RKR #32 18:51  |  Esther 22/04/08
      57.   From a Distance, we send you all respect of peace 19:13  |  Sharif Hafez 22/04/08
      58.   News for all you hateful Zionists 19:14  |  Axel 22/04/08
      59.   maybe she and carter will attend the peace rally held by hamas? 19:30  |  vik 22/04/08
      60.   Good Riddance You Annoying, Loathesome, Pig! 19:47  |  MIKE 22/04/08
      61.   If no one came . . . 19:54  |  JW 22/04/08
      62.   I`d like to announce 19:55  |  Chris Linthwaite 22/04/08
      63.   Same ole Ignorant posters and posts 19:57  |  FOX 22/04/08
      64.   It must be because of Bush 20:04  |  Liliane 22/04/08
      65.   Boycotting the "Independence" celebrations 20:07  |  Palestinian Brit 22/04/08
      66.   What a Shame... 30 Year Anniversary, but not 60 Years! 20:09  |  Adam W 22/04/08
      67.   She`s getting old, her voice isn`t stable and perhaps her health 20:11  |  x-ray 22/04/08
      68.   Good for Israel! 20:11  |  Avram 22/04/08
      69.   I always found her annoying but... 20:13  |  Colin Wright 22/04/08
      70.   Chanalau tova you`re not invited either, no need to refuse 20:13  |  x-ray 22/04/08
      71.   WHAT A SHAME... 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, BUT NOT 60 YEARS! 20:14  |  Adam W 22/04/08
      72.   Maybe she got the antisemitically correct flu. 20:21  |  Fortuna Benmayor 22/04/08
      73.   Shouldn`t criicize untill you know the reason! 20:21  |  Shlomo 22/04/08
      74.   Her warts are acting up... 20:21  |  Walton Morrill 22/04/08
      75.   # 11 The pal`s and you Lopsh, can go to Hell, and Israel will.... 20:24  |  misha 22/04/08
      76.   # 22 we can celebrate and we will with great pleasure, crazy Pop 20:32  |  misha 22/04/08
      77.   Yentl is Mentl,HerPeople Don`t need Jewish People 20:32  |  David 22/04/08
      78.   Barbra 20:32  |  Penny M 22/04/08
      79.   To # 54, agreed, Bette Midler is the way to go 20:50  |  Wolf 22/04/08
      80.   for POP 20:55  |  leo 22/04/08
      81.   My People Don`t Need Your People, The Chosen People 20:56  |  David 22/04/08
      82.   Bett and Babas both married Goys. They have no feeling for us. .. 21:11  |  Tom 22/04/08
      83.   what`s all this anti-leftist talk?! 21:42  |  alon 22/04/08
      84.   HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY ISRAEL AD 120 + 21:58  |  Lily 22/04/08
      85.   ISRAEL HAS MANY MANY WONDERFUL SINGERS TO `FILL IN` 22:02  |  Lily 22/04/08
      86.   Axel #58 22:18  |  Gee 22/04/08
      87.   OH NO! 22:31  |  Snake 22/04/08
      88.   POP!-BANG YOU DEAD!!! 22:44  |  Avram 22/04/08
      89.   We need a tatooed, cross wearing madam! Amy Winehouse! 22:49  |  Where are you? 22/04/08
      90.   Celebrating on STOLEN LAND in the APARTHEID OCCUPATIONAL STATE. 23:20  |  POP 22/04/08
      91.   Spare us the color commentary - the show will go on without her 23:40  |  Joe Sittizen 22/04/08
      92.   My, my, my! 23:45  |  hollingsworth 22/04/08
      93.   POP #22 23:57  |  jay 22/04/08
      94.   MIKE etc #60 and friends 00:06  |  fred 23/04/08
      95.   barbra 01:09  |  jo 23/04/08
      96.   # 86 gee 01:12  |  Axel 23/04/08
      97.   Showing her true colors 02:03  |  Nechama 23/04/08
      98.   POP sloganeers # 90 but hasn`t learned Israel is out of Gaza. 02:38  |  Fortuna Benmayor 23/04/08
      99.   I`LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, BARBRA! 03:08  |  Akiva P 23/04/08
      100.   barbra from comounist 03:26  |  ramadan ben hallouf 23/04/08
      101.   Barbara Streisand 03:43  |  Muhaled 23/04/08
      102.   Leave her alone 04:32  |  sweis Melbourne 23/04/08
      103.   Barbara Streisand 04:49  |  Fan 23/04/08
      104.   Why Pops won`t be at the celebration 05:31  |  utagawa 23/04/08
      105.   George Bush & Sergey Brin 05:49  |  Jijdi 23/04/08
      106.   Another rich successful Jew anti-semites are jealous of 06:03  |  Conroy 23/04/08
      107.   she is so ugly 06:08  |  Ariel Rubin 23/04/08
      108.   Babs Infida 06:24  |  Denise 23/04/08
      109.   You Jews sure know how to trash each other. 06:34  |  maoriboy 23/04/08
      110.   STREISAND`S AVINU MALKEINU is the GREATEST! 06:49  |  Steve 23/04/08
      111.   She probably really does have personal reasons 07:06  |  Ben 23/04/08
      112.   Right on 07:09  |  Gordon 23/04/08
      113.   We Need Some Tough Jews To Get Involved 07:15  |  Yosemite 23/04/08
      114.   Esther TA 07:54  |  George Kaplan 23/04/08
      115.   not likely political 07:59  |  ted 23/04/08
      116.   Barbara Streisand - ALWAYS AN ISRAELI SUPPORTER 08:30  |  Natasha 23/04/08
      117.   Barbara Streisand and Bette Midler ! 08:46  |  charlie 23/04/08
      118.   barbra not coming to israel 11:29  |  linda 23/04/08
      119.   What democacy are you talking about? don`t you read 18:35  |  US Person 23/04/08
      120.   Barbra Streisand 23:08  |  Rozz 23/04/08
      121.   Difficult to swallow 00:11  |  Manuel 24/04/08
      122.   Charlie 01:58  |  sweis Melbourne 24/04/08
      123.   Steven 03:06  |  sweis Melbourne 24/04/08
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