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Mount Herzl - Karr.net (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Mount Herzl, in Hebrew Har Hertzel (הר הרצל), is a high hill-top in Jerusalem, Israel that is named for, and is the final resting place of, Theodor Herzl, considered to be the founder of modern political Zionism. |
 | | From then on, Mount Herzl has served as the national cemetery, where Zionist leaders, the presidents of Israel, prime ministers, and Speakers of the Knesset are laid to rest. |
 | | On the northern slope of Mount Herzl is the military cemetery of Jerusalem, and to the west is Yad Vashem, which commemorates the Holocaust. |
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