Levi Eshkol
Israel's open secret: Why is Dimona at the center of Israel’s nuclear weapon ambiguity? - explainer
In the 1960s, then prime minister Levi Eshkol vowed that “Israel will not be the first state to introduce nuclear weapons into the region.” The sentiment has been repeated by Israeli officials since.
No time to dance – a celebration of influential dancer Noa Eshkol
How it really was: Israel’s first oil discovery
Bibi’s Eshkol moment on the Iran question
Miriam Eshkol, wife of prime minister Levi Eshkol, dies at 87
Miriam Eshkol served in the Palmah, on convoys to the besieged Jerusalem, and in the War of Independence, in the artillery.
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.