Abba Eban was buried Monday in Israel’s Kfar Shmaryahu Cemetery. Israeli President Moshe Katsav, Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres delivered eulogies at the funeral. Eban, a former foreign minister and ambassador to the United States and United Nations, died Monday at 87.
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