Babs Cancels on Israel
Barbra Streisand recently bailed out of a celebration for Israel’s 60th birthday. Babs was scheduled to perform in Jerusalem at a mid-May event hosted by President Shimon Peres, but she canceled the engagement. No specific reason was given, but the diva’s publicist cited “personal obligations.”
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