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.
How it really was: Israel’s first oil discovery
Bibi’s Eshkol moment on the Iran question
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.
Declassified documents reveal Israel feared Egyptian attack on Dimona nuclear reactor
IDF archives releases documents to mark 48th anniversary of 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.
The POSTman Knocks Twice: Eshkol and Johnson, Farmer meets farmer
The first state visit by an Israeli PM to the US.
The Postman Knocks Twice: Levi Eshkol: Pioneer, planner, pragmatist
Prime minister Levi Eshkol loved to share anecdotes.
Levi Eshkol: Forgotten hero
David Ben-Gurion was Israel’s state-builder. Levi Eshkol was the land-builder and people-builder.
The note taker
For two decades, Yehuda Avner served four prime ministers and was privy to the deepest state secrets.
The start of something larger than life
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.
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.