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Annie said
"the intervention of President George W Bush, who has described Hamas's rocket attacks as an "act of terror", was not helping the situation."
She said: "The problem is, from my perspective, they are pouring petrol onto the fire.
"They have to sit down. This is a small window of opportunity just before things kick off.
"For every one person killed in Gaza, they are creating 100 suicide bombers. It's not just about Gaza, it's about all of us.
Former model
Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger with Mick Jagger in the early days
and singer Annie Lennox have supported the action, and have also called on American president-elect Barack Obama
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President-elect Barack Obama has lunch with Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty at Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, January 10, 2009 to discuss a resolution to the Israel-Gaza Conflict (Jim Young/Reuters) Mon Jan 12, 7:12 PM ET
(Jim Young/Reuters)
to speak up against the bombardment.
Actor Paul Kaye, whose mother-in-law
was killed in a Hamas rocket attack, told the BBC he had experienced the
situation from an Israeli point of view.
"It's terrifying," he said. "My wife
was trapped in a supermarket in a rocket attack. I was with my sons in Ashkelon
station, holding them, waiting for a rocket to land and shutting my eyes
thinking 'is this it?'
"So I think it's important to remember that mothers
fleeing rocket attacks holding their children have the same fear on both sides
of the border
Hamas said it would cease fire immediately along with its Islamist allies in the Gaza Strip and give Israel, which already declared a unilateral truce, a week to pull its troops out of the territory.
A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in response: "We'll play this day by day. We'll see how this goes. We want to leave Gaza. We'll do so as soon as we can."
Troops and tanks had streamed back over the border since dawn and the army later confirmed it had begun withdrawing after a three-week war in which 10 Israeli soldiers and over 1,300 Palestinians were killed. Three Israeli civilians also died.
Click here for more on this of this story"I can confirm that a gradual withdrawal of our forces is under way," the source said, refusing to elaborate on when the pullback might be completed.
Palestinian militant group Hamas has announced a ceasefire with Israel, giving the Jewish state one week to pull troops out of the Gaza strip.
It comes hours after the Israeli leaders voted to halt the offensive in region that has killed nearly 1,200 people.
A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said earlier that if a ceasefire held in the Hamas-ruled enclave, Israel could start the process of withdrawing its forces.
A Hamas official in Cairo, Ayman Taha, said: "Hamas and the factions announce a ceasefire in Gaza starting immediately and give Israel a week to withdraw."
The Islamist group said previously it would not stop its attacks as long as Israeli soldiers remained in the Gaza Strip.
Mr Taha said Hamas was demanding the opening of all Gaza border crossings for the entry of "all materials, food, goods and basic needs".
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has touched down in the Middle East for an international summit on the crisis.
International leaders are holding a summit at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh which is to be co-chaired by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Also attending are United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and senior politicians from Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Jordan.
As he arrived in Egypt, Mr Brown announced an additional £20 million of British humanitarian aid and called for renewed efforts to find a lasting peace in the region.
In an apparent criticism of the scale of the Israeli response to Hamas rocket attacks, Mr Brown said "too many" innocent people had died in the 22-day assault on Gaza.
Mr Brown said the violence in Gaza must not halt the search for a path to peace, but should spur the international community on in its efforts to establish a sustainable two-state solution.
"This conflict has once again demonstrated the urgent need to forge a longer term settlement which gives security to both Israelis and Palestinians," he said.
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HUNDREDS OF thousands of people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington last night for the opening event of Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration, a star-studded concert celebrating national unity in diversity.
Bono, Beyonce, Jamie Foxx and Tom Hanks were among the artists who performed songs and read texts on the theme “We Are One”.
The vast crowd, which stretched from the memorial around the giant reflecting pool and beyond the Washington Monument, greeted Mr Obama and his wife Michelle with a great cheer as they descended the steps below the statue of Lincoln.
The president-elect and his wife joined their
daughters Sasha and Malia behind a screen of protective glass as the concert
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speech about the dignity of work, pointing out the great memorials of
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Authorities in Washington are expecting between up to two million people for the
extended inauguration weekend, despite forecasts for snow. Commuter trains into
Washington were packed and traffic was congested by mid-morning yesterday as
crowds poured in through security checkpoints. Earlier, the president-elect and
Mr Biden laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington Cemetery
before Mr and Mrs Obama attended church. , backed by a red-robed gospel choir.
Addressing Mr Obama, Bono said: “It’s not just an American dream: it’s an Irish
dream, a European dream, an African dream, an Israeli dream, an Irish dream.
What a thrill for four Irish boys from the northside of Dublin to honour you,
sir.”Fox drew laughter when he lapsed into an impersonation of Mr Obama, quoting
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doubts that America is not a place where all things are possible, tonight is
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