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Michael Knighton

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

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You Cannot Divide What You Do Not Own

When the American ambassador stood in Jerusalem this week and said that the decision about the city had been made by God some thirty-eight centuries...

08.07.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Knighton

‘Peace, Peace’: The Prophets’ Warning and the Deal with Tehran

The word doing the heaviest lifting in the present diplomacy is the word “peace,” and the prophets of Israel had a precise name for peace that is...

29.06.2026 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Knighton

The Embrace Was Always a Leash: Netanyahu Is Right about Armaments Independence

A friend who can starve you of bullets in your hour of need is not only a friend. He is also, whether he wills it or not, a master. Israel has spent...

24.06.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Knighton

Why America Is Absent From Bible Prophecy — and What It Says About Israel

There is a strange silence at the center of biblical prophecy, and once you notice it you cannot un-notice it. The most powerful nation in human...

22.06.2026 70

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Knighton

God Keeps Israel — Not Donald Trump

“He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” (Psalm 121:4) Standing beside the Emir of Qatar at the G7 summit in Evian this week,...

16.06.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Knighton

Lebanon Is a Hostage, Not a Foe

A few days ago, in a village in southern Lebanon emptied by months of war, Israeli soldiers came upon a note left behind by a family that had fled...

15.06.2026 70

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael knighton

When America Negotiates Away Israel’s Security

I have lived in Israel for twenty years. Long enough to know the particular silence that falls over this country when the sirens stop — not relief,...

13.06.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael knighton