The Watchman Newscast with Erick Stakelbeck

On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down a stunning archaeological discovery in Jerusalem--an ornate, 2,000-year-old building uncovered near the Western Wall. This ancient structure from the time of Jesus is being called one of the most important discoveries in years--and brings the New Testament period to life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down Iran's rapidly escalating proxy war against U.S. forces in Iraq. In the latest attacks, two U.S. soldiers were wounded and the American Embassy in Baghdad was targeted by rockets. Will the Biden administration allow Iran to succeed in pushing the U.S. out of Iraq for good? Plus,we visit Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, to hear h...

On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down how the Iranian regime and its Shia militia proxies have basically declared war on U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria. The wave of attacks continued today as Iran’s proxies launched 14 rockets at an airbase in western Iraq that houses U.S. troops. Their goal is to push the U.S. out of the Middle East completely--and weak American leadershi...

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down the latest missile and drone attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq, carried out by Iran-backed Shia militias. Plus, Iran accuses Israel of striking one of its nuclear sites and Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah uses Nazi-style rhetoric to threaten the Jewish State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down the continued Hamas arson balloon attacks against southern Israel and Israel’s “zero tolerance” response. Plus, the U.S. State Department just implicated Turkey for the use of child soldiers, a dubious first for a NATO member country. So why is the Biden administration at the same time considering giving Turkey control over Afghanista...

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck sits down with CBN News host, Chris Mitchell, and best-selling author, Joel Rosenberg, at TBN's Jerusalem studio. They discuss what we can expect from Israel’s new government and leader, Naftali Bennett, if a future war with Hezbollah arises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck gets exclusive access to join the Israel Defense Forces for a live-fire night combat tank drill. Located on the Golden heights near the Syria border, this drill is designed to prepare for the possibility of war in the north, specifically Hezbollah. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The U.S. carried out airstrikes last night against Iran-backed Shia militia, killing four of the militiamen. Aircraft targeted three sites along the Iraq-Syria border for destruction in retaliation for drone attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq. The targets apparently were linked to the drone program: “operational and weapons storage facilities,” according to the Pentagon. These strikes are better...

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck travels to the highest and most northern point in Israel, Mount Hermon. Located where Israel, Lebanon and Syria meet, this snow-capped mountain is a crucial security buffer for Israel as it looks to block Iran’s advances from Syria. How important is Mount Hermon? Israelis call it “the eyes of the nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down the latest developments in the sabotage attack against an Iranian nuclear facility earlier this week. Contrary to the Iranian regime's statements, it now appears that the attack against the facility in Kharaj was successful and that a drone was used to target the site. Speaking of drones, the U.S. and Israel have put together a task f...

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down news that the U.S government has shut down dozens of Iranian websites. The news comes as Iran says it thwarted an attempted sabotage attack against one of its nuclear facilities. With a radical new Iranian President set to take office, is a major war in the Middle East looming? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down the Iranian regime's growing attack drone arsenal and how it threatens the U.S. and Israel. Iranian media outlets are reporting that two drones packed with explosives targeted a base housing U.S. forces in Iraq overnight. As Iran becomes a drone superpower and shares its drone expertise with its terror proxies in the region, Israel is...

On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down the "election" of Iran's new president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a vote that was anything but free and fair. Raisi was the hand-picked choice of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and is considered his possible successor. Raisi's ascension represents an even more radical turn for the Iranian regime: he even became known as the "Butch...

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down the latest escalation by Hamas against Israel and whether Hamas has already broken a shaky ceasefire. After three weeks of relative calm, Hamas has launched a series of arson balloons from Gaza this week, causing dozens of fires throughout southern Israel. Plus, who is Ebrahim Raisi, the man likely to be Iran’s next president? Learn m...

On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down the latest Hamas terror onslaught against Israel: incendiary balloons that have scorched land throughout Israel's south. How is Israel's new government responding to these attacks? And will Israel's enemies continue to test Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in these early days of his premiereship? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck is in Jerusalem to break down Israel’s new government. Who is Israel’s new Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett? Erick interviewed Bennett a few years back and shares his insights. Plus, what will Benjamin Netanyahu do now that he is out of office for the first time in 12 years? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck tours a home in Ashkelon, Israel that was destroyed by a Hamas rocket in last month's war. The owner of the home joins Erick to explain the death and devastation caused by the rocket attack, and his personal pain over losing all of his possessions. In the process, he gives a glimpse into the difficult lives of ordinary Israelis who live in the sh...

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck gets an exclusive, up close look at a modern marvel of Israeli innovation: Iron Dome. Erick visits the now legendary missile defense system today with the Israel Defense Forces at an undisclosed location in southern Israel, near the Hamas stronghold of Gaza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck is joined on the Israel/Lebanon border by Israel Defense Forces Major (Res.) and security expert Elliot Chodoff to discuss the Hezbollah threat. Erick and Elliot have an incredible vantage point overlooking Hezbollah’s home base of southern Lebanon as they analyze this terror army’s lethal capabilities, its coming showdown with Israel and the Ira...

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck is joined by Jonathan Cahn, bestselling author of The Harbinger and The Harbinger II, who shares thoughts on the prophetic future of America and Israel. As the United States drifts further away from God, is there still time to turn things around? Plus, why is Israel moving more and more to the center of world events? Learn more about your ad choi...

On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck is on the ground in Jerusalem with Israeli tour guide and archaeologist Danny "The Digger" Herman to share the true history of the world's holiest site: the Temple Mount. Both Jewish Temples once stood there, Jesus taught there and Islam's Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque are there today. So, who really has a claim to this ancient site and why...

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down the latest developments in Israel's ongoing political drama. Will the so-called “change coalition” be sworn in as Israel’s new government in the coming days? And are Israel’s enemies, led by the Iranian regime, lining up to test Israel’s potential new leadership? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck is joined by Alex Traiman, Jerusalem Bureau Chief of JNS.off, to break down the latest developments in the Israeli political situation as a coalition attempts to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Plus, Iran’s largest warship sank today in the Gulf of Oman. Was this the latest blow in the “shadow war” at sea between Israel and Iran? Learn...

On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down the possibility that a new coalition government comprised of right-wing, left-wing and centrist parties is about to replace Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest serving Prime Minister. Plus, more evidence is emerging that Iran closely coordinated the recent Gaza war as a "dry run" with its proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas, as they prepare...

On today’s Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down the UN’s Human Rights Council‘s unprecedented decision to pursue an investigation into alleged Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians in Gaza. How can an organization whose members include some of the world’s worst human rights violators pass judgment on a democratic nation like Israel? And why are Hamas war crimes again...