Hilik Bar

Hilik Bar is a Member of Knesset and the Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. Bar is also the Secretary General of the Israeli Labor Party, the Chair of the Knesset Lobby for the Promotion of the Solution for the Israeli-Arab Conflict, and the Chair of the Knesset Lobby for Furthering Relations Between Israel and Europe.

Gal Hirsch

Stop the abuse of Gal Hirsch

CHINESE FOREIGN Minister Wang Yi speaks during a news conference Beijing earlier this month.

A useful wind from the East

Yair Lapid and Tzipi Livni

Time for a strong, genuine and united opposition


The future of Arab east Jerusalem: Between Labor’s plan and Ramon’s plan

We should not create a vacuum over which Hamas will assume control.

Palestinians walk near an opening in Israel's security fence in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of A-tur

Who’s afraid of a minimum wage revolution (and who’s not)?

The reason for the minimum wage increasing twice as much in the US as in Israel is not only to actions of the current Obama administration, but also those of the previous government.

Shekel money bills

There’s no need for a ‘Jewish state’ law

Netanyahu’s bill is no more than a cynical ploy to mobilize his base.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem November 23

Recognizing a Palestinian state

“Mr. Prime Minister,” I said to Netanyahu in the Knesset chamber, “Israel needs to be the first to recognize the Palestinian state at the UN.”

A protester places a Palestinian flag at the Israeli barrier fence in the West Bank village of Rafat near Ramallah

A Palestinian state can only emerge from negotiations

If my friends Zehava Gal-On, Tal Harris or Avrum Burg think that the Swedish or British parliaments can play the role of the Israeli government, then they are wasting their time.

A Palestinian boy waves a flag in the West Bank

Jerusalem Day and recognition

The key to international recognition is another recognition: mutual recognition between Israel and the Palestinians.

Dome of the Rock covered in snow, Jerusalem  390

A common destiny: Strengthening relations between Israel and Europe

Last week, 24 leading European parliamentarians demonstrated in Poland that Israel does indeed have many friends in Europe.

Members of a Knesset delegation stand in front of former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during ceremonies marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Can Netanyahu cross the Rubicon?

Things do look bleak, but there are reasons to be hopeful.

Netanyahu at Cabinet meeting Dec 15 370

An obligation to try again for peace

I firmly believe that when the leaderships of Israel and the Palestinians are composed of the right people, and they decide to make peace happen, peace can be made.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

A new breeze of hope

You might hear it argued that there is no partner for peace. This has become the pro forma response of the Netanyahu government in relation to the Palestinians.

Abbas and Peres at the UN 370