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Image courtesy of the LBJ Library, Audio/Visual Archives Collection, Photograph No. a5383-9a
Image courtesy of the LBJ Library, Audio/Visual Archives Collection, Photograph No. a5383-9a
Levi Eshkol
Image courtesy of the LBJ Library, Audio/Visual Archives Collection, Photograph No. a5383-9a
Image courtesy of the LBJ Library, Audio/Visual Archives Collection, Photograph No. a5383-9a

Levi Eshkol

Israel, 1895 - 1969
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Eshkol served as Israel’s third Prime Minister from 1963-1969, when he died of a heart attack. He was the first Israeli official to be formally invited to the White House. His relationship with President Lyndon Johnson affected Israel-U.S. relations and later the Six-Day War. He was a founder of the Israeli Labor Party and served as minister of defense and minister of finance.
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