Zionist Leader ' s body brought to Israel . The body of the founder of Zionism , Teador Herzl , has just been brought from his burial place in Vienna by plane to Israel , where he and his sister and parents will be reburied . Photo shows ; The coffin , bearing the body of Herzl being unloaded from the military plane which brought it to Israel , at Lydda Airport . The civilians standing next to the military personnel are , left to right , David Renes , Minister of Communication in the State of Israel ; Itschak Grumbaum of the Jewish Agency and Isidor Shalith , Herzl ' s former secretary . 19 August 1949