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Levi Eshkol Shkolnik ( October 25, 1895 - February 26, 1969), was the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death of a heart attack in 1969.

Levi Eshkol was born in 1895 in a small village near Kiev, in the Ukraine. Levi's mother inclined toward Hasidism, and his father toward Mitnagdim. As a result, Eshkol's education was traditional. In 1914, Levi left for Palestine, then a part of the Ottoman empire. He soon volunteered for the Jewish Legion.

Eshkol was first elected to the Knesset in 1951 as a member of the Mapai party. In 1963, he was elected prime minister, succeeding David Ben-GurionDavid Ben-Gurion ( October 16, 1886— December 1, 1973; Hebrew: ) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Early life He was born as David Gruen in Plonsk, Poland which was then part of the Russian Empire. Shocked by the pogroms and rampant anti-Semitism th. As prime minister, Eshkol worked to improve foreign relations, establishing diplomatic contact with West GermanyWest Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include the eastern part of Germany. Since the German reunification of 1990, the F in 1965, and also established cultural ties with the Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR ( Russian: ; tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (SSSR) also called the Soviet Union ( ; tr. Sovetsky Soyuz , was a state in much of the northern region of Eurasia that existed from 1922 until 1 which allowed some Soviet Jews to immigrate to Israel. He played a premier role in the Six Day War of June 1967; during the crisis, Eshkol established a Government of National Unity, with the Defense portfolio placed into Moshe DayanMoshe Dayan ( May 20, 1915 October 16, 1981), was an Israeli military leader and politician. In Hebrew, his name translates as "Moses (the) Judge"). Early life Moshe Dayan was born in a kibbutz, Deganya Alef (Deganya "A"), Palestine then still part of the's hands. In civilian times, Eshkol is best known for implementing the National Water CarrierCompleted in 1964, the National Water Carrier connects the Sea of Galilee with Israel's water system. The original goal of building the carrier was to provide irrigation water to the Negev region. Today 80% of the water drawn from the Lake is utilized for system.

See also: Eshkol lake , Hevel Eshkol

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