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'''Jerusalem''' is a the largest city in Israel and Israel has claimed it as the capital of the state since its establishment in 1948, which is [[Middle Eastwikipedia:Fourth_Geneva_Convention|a flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention]]. == Hitching in ==Jerusalem is quite different from Tel Aviv, under dispute between [[Israel]] and there is a lot of religious communities in the Palestinianscity. In '''religious neighborhoods''', both claiming it can be perceived as offensive not to be their capital dress modestly, and can attract unwelcomed attention. However, in the city center and old city (not inside the religious sites themselves, obviously) there is no such problem.You can hitch hike in the nighbourhods, just find deserted stations and try. most of the cityare walkable and the buses are cheap.Make plastic card "Rav Kav', otherwise you can't pay. It's free and possible to make in the CBS and another spots

When reaching == MAIN Junction to get out: =="Hayeziaa Me'A'ir"- The enternace of the Beit-HaArava junctioncity, next to the border with [called as well Ginot Sacharov. ([Jordan]https://goo.gl/maps/i8hDtLdz8tu Google street view]) 1 road, the huge Trempiyada that close to the CBS. it's the road turn south to Tel Aviv, Haifa and all Gush Dan, and the way to the states highways- 2, 6.. If you come from city center, you walk through tram lines to the ugly bridge, and down the bridge you continue straight.you will see 2 crossroads and on your right will be to petrols stations- yellow one and one call Sonol. Keep staright. you will see huge place to stand, bus statins and often tons of people that hitch hike too. find your spot and stand. Most likely you will see other hitchhikers standing there too. If you can ask get bored or want to get off burn some time, just behind you there is an old Arab village (Lifta), which was deserted in any location at 1948. Go down the shore of stairs and find your way to the local spring. Although basicly from this spot people go to all the country, not many people stop, and you may stuck inside all the Dead Seatraffic jams. So if you want easyer, beautyer and often shorter way to south or north, use another way.

If your destination is [[Jordan]] and assuming you don't have an Israeli passport, you can continue Hitch hike to Jordan through the Allenby Bridge border terminal. From Road 1, you Tel Aviv on road 443: You can hitchhike to [[Jericho]] (search for stand at French Hill just in the Palestinian green license plate) and from there take a bus or hitchhike out other side of the western exit tram of the cityGivat Hamivtar. Your other option This is not the best spot to hitchhike to hitch towards Tel Aviv - use it only if you hitched here from the Beit-HaArava junctionDead Sea, and northern Israel or from there stand the West bank, and hitchhike northwards, you wish to continue to Tel Aviv. On the other side of the next turn right big intersection there is to the Allenby border crossinga smaller bus stop. You Cars that pass here might be able to walk it from the main roadgoing into Jerusalem, although bewareor towards Tel Aviv through highway 1 or highway 443, so a sign here can be a big help. There are no good places to stop on highway 1 except the Israeli army didn't allow [[User:Guaka|guaka]] Hemed station and Latrun intersection. It’s better to walk from wait for a direct ride. If you can get a ride part of the border way on highway 443, to the Modiin for example, that is much better, because there are bus stops in almost every intersection on that road.

=== To [[Eilat]]the north, [[Aqaba]] ([[Jordan]]), [[Taba]] ([[Egypt]]) south and Dead sea: ===Follow the direction to go to the [[Dead Sea]], but continue south on [[Highway 90 (Israel)|Highway 90]] until its end. From there you can continue east towards [[Jordan]], or south towards [[Egypt]].

[[FileJerusalem locate, geographicly in the excat center of Israel, which explaines why to hitch hike to nirth and south is the same spot. for years, the best way was through the Trempiyada in French hill, but roads changed and people barely stop there nowdays .(2018) Currently spot is the station to Maa'le Adumim that close to the Hebrew Uni. From city center- take the tram to Ammunition Hill, ''or'' you hitchhike from in front the Damascus gate (sounds strange, but worked numerous times:Hitching_out_of_Jerusalem10 mins, 5 mins).JPG|thumb|Get down, cross the road to the right|250px|Orthodox Jews hitching out of Jerusalem]], you can see huge white stutue on your left. Keep it on your left. and start walk, You will walk like 15 minutes. Than you will see station that have many buses that stop. Check if it's written that there is a bus that go to Kfar Adumim. if the answer iis yes- than you are in the right staation. Take a lift to Kfar Adumim (or further) you will pass Maale Adumim, and Mishor Adumim. when you get down, you will see that you are in road 1#. all the lifts good for you, try to get to Bet Haarava junction, where road 1 meets highway 90, which can take you north towards Beit She'an, Tiberias and generally northern Israel (serving also Allenby border crossing and Sheikh Hussein border crossing to Amman) and south towards the Dead Sea and Eilat.So if you need to get to the Dead Sea and your ride goes to northern Israel (Beit She'an, Tiberias etc.) or vice versa, get off at the last junction before Beit HaArava - at Almog junction. Almog junction functions as a refreshment stop, so kiosks, mini-market and (free) toilets are available here, so that's the best way to hitch another ride. Beware! this is a desert area, so being near a refreshment stop helps.

=== To [[Tel Aviv]] ===Take a bus to the main bus station in Jerusalem. Go on walking further on Jaffa road, till you get to the main junction where you can see the "Begin" highway. go on walking straight west bank- north area: Binyamin and pass this junctionSamaria sttelments, Nablus and on your right (after the petrol station) you will see a bus station, the best spot to hitchhike. Most likely you will see other hitchhikers standing there too. If you get bored or want to burn some time, just behind you there is an ancient Palestinian village (Lifta), which was deserted in 1948. Go down the stairs and find your way to the local spring.cet: ==

In case Check the section of [[west bank]] for more detalis, but anyways, from Jerusalem: French Hill used to be the best spots, but it's too crowded changed (2018). Nowdays the Trempiyada is in Hizma Junction. take the tram to Sayert Duchifat (almost last station), get down and take the crossroad to your right. there is a station, not so good spot but for lazy people you can hitch hike there insted of walk 20 minutes down in the road to Hizma junction. every lift is good to Hizma Junction, and sometime you will get lift straight to your destination. Hizma Junction is a soldiers checkpoint, you might will see many people standing there. Sign can help and watch the que.The people that stop will be 90% of the time religius setllers, so if you want to go to Rammalla cheeck where excatly you need to get down to coninue, and be better off aware that people will not like the idea you go there, and can't give you ride straight to there, due the politics issues. You can hitch from the same place towards Ramallah (and from there you can reach Nablus and other Palestinian cities). Be advised that if you’re standing in this stop with a sign that says “Ramallah” on it, it's quite possible people are going a bit back up the street to look at you like you’re crazy, and might try to convince you not to go there, that it’s dangerous, etc. It's almost secret but you can even hitch hike to Netania, Tel Aviv, Haifa from this stop if you heading to Samaria (through 60 road, 5, 6) but it longer and you will need many lifts. Rides from here are available to the Ramallah area ([[petrol stationRamallah]], [[Ofra]]s and hitch there, etc. Also) As well as further in, towards [[Nablus]], via "Tapuach Junction" ([[Ariel]], Israeli hitchhikers seem to have an aversion against [[signSalfit]]s, [[Buddya]] etc.)The buses to this area are really cheap (sometime 3 shekels!) so if check where you're not local using a sign could work out in need exactly to go and your advantagetime- maybe bus is better..

=== To [[Tiberias]] and the [[Golan Heights]] ===Your first goal is the Beit HaArava Junction, which connects Highway 1 going west from Jerusalembank- south- Gush Ezyon, to Highway 90Hebron, which goes north to the Kinneret. Beer Sheva ==

From Same rules about the city center you have two options:# You can either take service taxi ("Sherut") Number 36, from Damascus gate of the old city, in the direction of [[Abu Diswest bank]], a ride of 5 NIS only. Go down in Maale Adumin junction and continue hitchhiking west. If you take this ride you get directly to road #1, from which many rides will take you straight to Beit HaArava Junction.# Or take buses 25, 4 or 4A from West Jerusalem to get to Har Ha'tsofim Junction, (French Hill). The place is usually crowded with hitchhikers, and drivers stop often. Most likely they will go only half ways, in which case you should ask to go down in the entry junction to their settlement, and continue hitchhiking from the bus stationsection.

From Take bus to Gilo (71, 31, 30..) get down in Afarsemon street. cross to the Beit HaArava Junctionleft, head north on Road 90 until you reach the Tsemach Junciton at the bottom of the Kinneret. From therewill see huge road, You can either hitchhike to [[Tiberias]] by going westwards on Road 90, or use the [[left there is Trempiyada]] (hitching spot) up to the Golan. People either drive up If you need to Road 92 or Road 98 from there. Road 98 goes right up Go to the GolanHebron, and Road 92 runs along the west coast of the Kinneret from ask people where you can pick up Roads 789 or 87 exactly to the Golanstand. Highway 789 connects to Road 98 from If you not sure where you can chose to either continue north or head south. Road 87 also connects to 98get down ask the driver, but a bit later, and it also turns west over where is the Kinneret or east through the center of the Golan until it picks up 98 at its endGush Ezyon's Trempiyada.

=== To [[Ramallah]], [[Samaria]] Tekoa ([[Palestinian Territory]], [[West Bank]]Gush Ezyon) ===Take a city : take the bus to Har Homa (25Homat Shmuel) 74, 475. Get down in Shmuel Meir-Kvish 378. It's the same way to Bet Lechem, but Israelies car not aloud to go there, and arabs not aloud to do the way around.A bus ride to Bethlehem only costs 8 NIS, consider using the bus. Bus #231 or 4a) #234 can be taken from the bus terminal in front of Damscus gate of the Old City of Jerusalem. You can hitch a ride to the [[Har Ha'tzofim Gush Etzion Junction]] and stand continue from there. Rides from here are available to most of the Ramallah area ([[Ramallah]], [[Ofra]], etc.) As well as further villages in, towards [[Nablus]], via "Tapuach Junction" ([[Ariel]], [[Salfit]], [[Buddya]] etcGush Etzion or on to Hebron and Kiryat Arba.)

=== To [[Betlehem]]Though, [[Judea]] ([[Palestinian Territory]], [[West Bank]]) ===Take the #31 bus to Giloh (you'll have to ask people how to get to the ''[[trempiada]]''). From there you can hitch rides to [[Betlehem]] and[[Gush Etzion]] areas,([[Efrat]], [[Betlehem]], [[Alon Shvut]]), etc, as well as further south, to the [[Hebron]] area of [[Hebron]], [[or Kiryat Arba]], [[Tarqumia]], [[Yatta]], etc. To get to the latter area, however, it there is better to hitch a ridge to [[Gush Etzion Junction]], and try from therebus #381 which costs just 8.1 NIS.

==Nomadwiki & Trashwiki = Free hospitality ===In projects such as [http://www.hospitalityclub.org Hospitality Club] and [http://www.couchsurfing.com CouchSurfing] you can find many Jerusalemic members who will host you for a night or two in their homes...

=== Hostels and cheap accommodation ===As a rule of thumb, the Western part of the city is much (much!) more expensive than the Eastern part, especially when it comes to hostels. In the old city and around Damascus gate you can find a dorm bed for as little as 20 NIS (4 Euro) for a night. Check [http://www.wikitravel.org Wikitravel] for more details.{{nomadwiki}}[[trashCategory:Jerusalem]]

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