He plans to lay a wreath at the grave of Theodor Herzl, considered the father of modern Zionism.

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Before leaving Israel, Obama paid tribute to the father of modern Zionism in a symbolic visit to Theodor Herzl's grave.

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As Pinsker, and later Theodor Herzl made clear, the only way for Jews to be redeemed is by doing it themselves.

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When he attended college in Cairo, he undertook a study of Jewish life there, associating with Jews and reading the works of Zionists such as Theodor Herzl.

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The procession moved slowly through downtown Jerusalem streets to the Mount Herzl cemetery, reserved for prime ministers and other national leaders and named for Theodor Herzl, the visionary of the modern Israeli state.

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President Obama began the third day of his historic visit to the Middle East with a visit to Mount Herzl, Israel's national cemetery, where he honored the significant contributions of two Jewish heroes, Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism and former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

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Rabin, who fought in Israel's 1948 war for independence, will be buried with full military honors Monday at the Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jewish west Jerusalem, where the remains of Zionist founder Theodor Herzl and former prime ministers Levi Eshkol and Golda Meir were laid to rest.

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Nevertheless, remarkable progress has been made in the 100 years since Theodor Herzl assembled the first Zionist congress, in the half century since David Ben Gurion inaugurated modern Israel, in the two decades since Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat achieved their breakthrough at Camp David, and even in the four years since former Prime Minister Rabin, Chairman Arafat, and President Clinton met on the White House lawn.

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