Levi Eshkol

No time to dance – a celebration of influential dancer Noa Eshkol

Fifty years after pausing her dance work for the Yom Kippur War, Noa Eshkol’s 100th birthday is marked with exhibits in Berlin and a performance in Tel Aviv, showcasing her enduring legacy.

 SCENE FROM ‘A Warrior & A Dreamer’ in celebration of Noa Eshkol.
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How it really was: Israel’s first oil discovery

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu exposes files that prove Iran’s nuclear program in a press conference in Tel Aviv, in 2018.

Bibi’s Eshkol moment on the Iran question

A dog stands on a table as its owner casts her ballot at a polling station in Tel Aviv March 17, 2015. Millions of Israelis voted on Tuesday in a tightly fought election, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing an uphill battle to defeat a strong campaign by the centre-left opposition to deny

A former MK, an IDF veteran and Levi Eshkol’s secretary express hope


Middle Israel: The seventh day

As it enters its 50th anniversary year, the Six Day War looms, for better and worse, as the most pivotal moment in the state’s history.

Jewish settler Refael Morris stands at an observation point overlooking the West Bank village of Duma, near Yishuv Hadaat, an unauthorized Jewish settler outpost

Declassified documents reveal Israel feared Egyptian attack on Dimona nuclear reactor

IDF archives releases documents to mark 48th anniversary of Six Day War.

The Six-Day War

The POSTman Knocks Twice: The 19-gun salute

I never had occasion to ask Eshkol how he felt when Hatikva sounded and the cannons saluted.

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The POSTman Knocks Twice: Eshkol and Johnson, Farmer meets farmer

The first state visit by an Israeli PM to the US.

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The Postman Knocks Twice: Levi Eshkol: Pioneer, planner, pragmatist

Prime minister Levi Eshkol loved to share anecdotes.

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Levi Eshkol: Forgotten hero

David Ben-Gurion was Israel’s state-builder. Levi Eshkol was the land-builder and people-builder.

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The note taker

For two decades, Yehuda Avner served four prime ministers and was privy to the deepest state secrets.

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The start of something larger than life

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Another Tack: Plucky in pajamas

In his humble night clothes Eshkol evinced more audacity than most of the wishy-washy variety that followed him in office.

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Triumph and tragedy

On the 46th anniversary of that great drama, we can only wish that it had never happened, that it was all a dream.

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