{"id":3006,"date":"2015-12-29T08:29:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T08:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2015-12-29T08:31:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T08:31:25","slug":"new-year-2016-in-israel-promise-and-covenant-over-fear-and-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/new-year-2016-in-israel-promise-and-covenant-over-fear-and-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year 2016 in Israel: Promise and Covenant over Fear and Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Tom Brennan,<\/p>\n

\"Jerusalem

Jerusalem New Year Snow<\/p><\/div>Israel sees two New Year’s celebrations annually: Rosh Hashanah and the secular New Year. Israel has a State religion: Orthodox Judaism but unlike other nations in the Middle East, guarantees freedom of religion to its citizens. Only Egypt seems to come anywhere close to this commitment, despite internal threats from Jihadists. 2016 will be a year of unpredictable challenge in Israel. As Russia continues to increase its presence in the region and the United States continues to support Iran and withdraw from influence, Israel\u2019s position will undergo change. Turkey and its shaky relations with Russia has begun re-establishing positive relations with Israel so as to insure energy supplies. Israel has entered a time of close cooperation with Russia as The Caliphate threatens all its neighbors and Israel. Russia\u2019s increasing relationship with Iran as a client state seems to be in Israel\u2019s favor. <\/p>\n

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