Streisand pulls out of Independence Day celebration; Bush under pressure to do the same

President Shimon Peres' office announced today that Barbara Streisand has pulled out of the 60th Independence Day celebrations next month. 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