Watchman Newsletter

What the UN isn’t telling us: The Luciferian roots of global governance

Blaze Media Return (Link) - Cooper Williamson (October 25, 2024)

This is the first part of a three-part investigation into the United Nations’ origins and plans for the future of the world.

The United Nations has become a target of increased scrutiny in recent years. As the United Nations announces more and more plans for humanity’s future, it seems like we should ask ourselves where the United Nations came from and where it thinks humanity is going. Most inquiries about the United Nations end up explaining its functions, but the question of its long-term goals is harder to answer. It is necessary to explore the origins of the United Nations and the key figures behind this shady international organization.

The United Nations “came into existence” on October 24, 1945. However, if we want to understand its full purpose, this is not the beginning of the story. One place to start is the founding of another organization called the Lucis Trust.

Alice and Foster Bailey founded the Lucis Trust in New Jersey on April 5, 1922. It was started as a “vehicle to foster recognition of the universal spiritual principles at the heart of all work to build right relations.”

Alice and Foster Bailey were members of the Theosophical Society. Isobel Blackthorn, who has a Ph.D. in Western esotericism, characterizes the beliefs of theosophy: “Central to Theosophy are: a belief in the existence of the soul, reincarnation and the interconnectedness of all existence; an epochal view of evolution that includes consciousness; the transmission of an Ageless Wisdom from master to disciple; and a commitment to humanitarianism.”

A Mideast Shift Is Underway, Without Israel

The New York Times (Link) - Maria Abi-Habib and Ismaeel Naar (October 20, 2024)

Before Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, Saudi Arabia was open to forging stronger ties with the Israelis. Now, a year into the war in Gaza, it is warming up to its traditional enemy, Iran.

A year ago, Saudi Arabia was preparing to recognize Israel in a normalization deal that would have fundamentally reshaped the Middle East and further isolated Iran and its allies while barely lifting a finger to advance Palestinian statehood.

Now, that deal is further away than ever, even after the killing of the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, which has been widely seized upon as a potential opening for a peace deal. Instead, Saudi Arabia is warming relations with its traditional archenemy, Iran, while insisting that any diplomatic pact now hinges on Israel’s acceptance of a Palestinian state, a remarkable turnaround for the kingdom.

A diplomatic détente is underway in the Mideast, but not the one envisioned by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who continues to say that his administration can clinch a deal with Riyadh. This month, the foreign ministers of the Persian Gulf states met for the first time as a group with their Iranian counterpart. It is a shaky, early-stage rapprochement that will only chip away at centuries of sectarian antagonisms, but it represents a sharp shift in a region where the rivalry between Riyadh and Tehran has drenched the region in bloodshed for decades.

Tehran’s outreach continued after that, with the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, visiting Saudi Arabia before heading to other countries in the region, including Iraq and Oman, in an effort to ease tensions. He also visited Jordan before traveling to Egypt and Turkey. The visit to Egypt was the first by an Iranian foreign minister in 12 years, according to the Iranian news media.

“In the region, we now have a common grievance about the threat of the war spreading, and the wars in Gaza and Lebanon and the displaced people,” Mr. Araghchi said on Friday, when he landed in Istanbul.

While Mr. Netanyahu continues to reject the creation of a Palestinian state, Saudi officials have taken to newspapers and public speeches to put a two-state solution on the negotiating table. That, the kingdom has said, is the only way at this point for Israel to win favor with Saudi Arabia, largely seen as the leader of the Arab world.

Full-Dress Kohen Sighted on Temple Mount

Israel 365 News (Link) - Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz (October 18, 2024)

The Temple Institute announced a remarkable development that brought Israel one step closer to the Third Temple. For the first time since the Temple stood in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, a kohen (male descendant of Biblical Aaron the High Priest) ascended to the Temple Mount wearing the Biblically mandated Kohanic garments. While on the mount, the Kohen joined in a prayer quorum and gave the priestly blessing to those gathered.

The Temple Institute prepared the garments in preparation for the return of the Temple service.

Iran seeks regional alliances against Israel amid Gaza conflict - analysis

The Jerusalem Post (Link) - Seth J. Frantzman (October 14, 2024)

Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi tours region, seeking alliances against Israel, focusing on Gaza conflict, and discussing ties with Iraq, Oman.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been on a regional tour, on a mission to improve Iran’s ties with Saudi Arabia, and cement ties with Iraq, Oman, and Qatar – all with the goal of ensuring Israel’s isolation. This extends to Iranian officials visiting Lebanon and Syria and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin; Iran is trying to put together a regional and global alliance against Israel.

On Sunday, Araghchi met Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in Iraq. Their discussion extended beyond just Iran-Iraq relations to focus on Israel, Lebanon, and Gaza. His trip came on the backdrop of Iranian-backed militias in Iraq seeking to attack Israel with drones.

He then went to Oman, a state that recently conducted joint military drills with Iran. Iranian media stated that Araghchi discussed Israel’s “genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.” He met Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Al Busaidi as Iran “embarked on intensive talks with regional nations in a bid to hold the Israeli regime accountable for the ongoing war in Gaza,” Iranian state media IRNA noted.