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About 'Koenig - World Watch Daily' and Biographies

In these fast-paced times, it is difficult to keep a pulse on the important events happening in our world. We live in a society of information overload and rarely do we have the opportunity to accumulate and reflect on news as important as what is offered in Koenig - World Watch Daily.

Koenig - World Watch Daily keeps people abreast of the key issues and leaders that you need to know about. We offer a weekly news report, occasional news alerts, and many other interesting articles that cover international and national events of significance.

Our primary focus is on world news that is biblically relevant with a focus on Israel, the Middle East and the White House.

Our news comes from major reputable news services from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, Cairo, Amman, Riyadh, Tehran, Baghdad, Moscow, London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul, Toronto, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, as well as information from a vast number of contacts in strategic locations around the world.

We believe in the days ahead a "small group of people" and a "few major events" are going to shape our world in significant ways, and when those events happen, Koenig - World Watch Daily will be there reporting the news to you.

Our objective is to keep you, your family, friends, and associates informed of the key events happening throughout the world. We encourage you to tell others about Koenig - World Watch Daily.

Focus:

The People We Watch:

United States: Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Barack Obama, Joseph Biden, John Kerry; Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Avigdor Lieberman; Vatican: Pope Francis; Palestinians: Mahmoud Abbas, Khaled Mashel; Egypt: President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi; Iraq: Haider al-Bahdi; Iran:  Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, Hassan Rouhani, Qasem Soleimani; Jordan: King Abdullah II; Saudi Arabia: King Salman bin Abdulaziz; Syria: Bashar Assad; Turkey: Recep Tayyip Erdogan; Afghanistan: Ashraf Ghanii; Russia: Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov; China: Xi Jinping; France: François Hollande; UK: Boris Johnson, William Hague, Tony Blair, Prince Charles of Wales; Germany: Angela Merkel; Italy: Matteo Renzi; Spain: King Juan Carlos, Mariano Rajoy; EU: Donald Tusk, Federica Mogherini; Hezbollah: Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah; Hamas: Khaled Mashaal, Ismail Haniyah Mahmoud Zahar; ISIS; Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

The Events We Watch:

Wars and rumors of wars, economic news, military buildups, terrorism, political situations, difficult relations between countries, famines, natural disasters, and drastic or record-breaking weather.

The Power Centers of the World That We Watch:

The United States, the European Union, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

The Key Organizations We Watch:

The US Congress, the United Nations, the European Union, the NATO alliance, the Arab League, the G-8, and the Eastern European Bloc countries.

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Koenig - World Watch Daily 

Mission Statement

  • Provide readers, by means of a 365-day, year-round news service, with "front lines" information from the White House relevant to Israel and its role in the unfolding global drama.
  • Educate readers, through truthful, discerning, and frequent commentary, about the significance of current events affecting Israel and our world either directly or indirectly.

What are we?

Koenig - World Watch Daily is an Internet news service (www.watch.org):

  • International news posted and updated daily, to readers in all 50 United States and 70 countries.
  • Annual Internet posting of over 11,000 news stories, reviewing of over 200,000 headlines, and the distribution of 52 weekly in-depth "Koenig's Eye View from the White House" news reports.
  • Unique perspectives on the United States government by Director Bill Koenig who is uniquely positioned in Washington, D.C. as an accredited White House correspondent since January 2001, with access to both Administration and Congressional leaders.
  • Commentaries, by Bill Koenig, as well as others, providing insights and reflections about national and international events that affect Israel and the world.
  • Encouragement, in the form of daily devotionals.
  • Resources, in the form of links to Christian, Jewish and secular news media, archives to past news events and commentaries, and an offering of appropriate books and other products relating to the times.

Koenig - World Watch Daily is an electronic news service offering:

Occasional news alerts to a subscriber list of over 20,000 names including 1,500 pastors with church membership exceeding 350,000.

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William Koenig's Biography:

William began his business career in 1978 with Coldwell Banker Commercial (now CB Richard Ellis - CBRE) a major-international real estate company. He began his work in Phoenix transferring to Dallas in 1979. He was associated with two other commercial real estate companies in Dallas before starting his own brokerage and investment company in 1984.

In a career change in the summer of 1996, Bill began publishing "Koenig's Watch," a weekly summary of important Middle East news from Dallas. He moved to the Internet in November 1996 and became "Koenig International News" (http://watch.org).

The news service, which now includes "Koenig-World Watch Daily" with constantly updated stories from a large variety of news sources, today has readers and e-mail subscribers in all 50 states and 35 countries around the globe.

In early 1999, he produced the audiotape "Countdown 2000," discussing ten major events to watch moving into the new century.

In January 2001, he moved the news service to the Washington DC area and became a White House correspondent. He served at the White House from 2001-2021. 

In October 2001, he co-authored with John McTernan "Israel: The Blessing or the Curse."

In February 2004, he authored "Eye to Eye - Facing the Consequences of Dividing Israel," which was revised and updated in July 2006 and August 2017. The book is in its 33th printing.

In July 2016, he authored "Revealed - Obama's Legacy." 

He writes a weekly 20-page news report called "Koenig's Eye View," that focuses on world news that is biblically relevant and White House news from a Christian perspective.

He was a member of First Baptist Dallas and the Dallas Theological Seminary's Presidents Council before moving to Washington D.C.

William has traveled to Israel 34 times and 36 other countries. He has been to 49 U.S. states. 

He graduated from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Communications.

William attended McLean Bible Church and Cornerstone Chapel, Leesburg, Virginia.

His late wife Claudia, a gifted and anointed soul winner, is with Jesus. https://www.soulsaviour.org 

He now lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with his wife Tania after living in Northern Virginia just short of 21 years. They also have a home in Brazil. 

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Tania Koenig's Biography:

Tânia was an entrepreneur in the Netherlands and Brazil for two decades. A former member of the UN bioenergy commission representing Europe, she has spoken at numerous international bioenergy conferences

Tania served as an adviser to Ruud Lubbers the late Dutch politician, diplomat and businessman who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 2001 to 2005. She advised and traveled on trade missions with Mark Rutte, the prime minister of the Netherlands and government ministers. One trip was to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin.

Tania traveled with the king and the queen of the Netherlands to Brazil and with the prince of the Netherlands to South Korea and China. Involved in political relations in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Brazil, Tania is fluent in seven languages: Portuguese, Dutch, English, Spanish, French, Italian and German.

Tania’s heart and first priority continue to be the taking of the name of Yeshua to the nations at all levels. She believes that every tongue will confess He is the Lord and that He is returning soon. She has opened churches and ministered in South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigéria, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, and Europe. 

Tania and her husband, William, met in Brasilia, Brazil, in October 2022 at the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast. They worked closely with and encouraged President Bolsonaro to move the Brazilian Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and worked on other political matters in Brazil and the United States. 

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Bill Wilson's Biography:

Bill Wilson joined KIN in April 2004. Bill is a former award-winning journalist who covered world events, including the 1980 presidential election. He worked as a media and campaign consultant to some of the most influential political figures in the world, many of who are still involved in global politics. He has observed world events for over 30 years as a journalist, as a political consultant, as an entrepreneur, and now as a minister of the gospel.

Bill is a published Christian author, "Making the Internet Family Friendly" published by Thomas Nelson, and his new title, "Warshod: Living Victoriously As World Events Fulfill Prophecy."

Bill connects the relationships between current world events and Bible prophecies. He assists Bill Koenig in the writing of "Koenig's Eye View from the White House."

Bill lives with his wife Chris and their 13 year old son, Christian, in New Market, Maryland. He is an evangelist with Word of Life Ministry in Mt. Airy, Md., and is Children's Pastor for Redeemer International Family Church in Frederick, Md. Bill graduated from Ohio State University majoring in journalism and economics.