Even so, Levi Eshkol, the prime minister, opposed it for two weeks.

ECONOMIST: Israel and the Palestinians

In 1969, Levi Eshkol, Israeli prime minister since 1963, died.

CNN: Thursday,

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.

CNN: Rabin's widow leads mourners