abstract:Mount Herzl (), also Har HaZikaron ( lit. "Mount of Remembrance"), is the site of Israel's national cemetery and other memorial and educational facilities, found on the west side of Jerusalem beside Jerusalem Forest.
The procession moved slowly through downtown Jerusalem streets to the MountHerzl cemetery, reserved for prime ministers and other national leaders and named for Theodor Herzl, the visionary of the modern Israeli state.
President Obama began the third day of his historic visit to the Middle East with a visit to MountHerzl, 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.
Rabin, who fought in Israel's 1948 war for independence, will be buried with full military honors Monday at the MountHerzl 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.