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Hitchhiking is very common in '''Israel'''. [[Hitchhiking]] is often done by pointing to the ground with the pointing finger far from the body, <!-- maybe someone has a nice picture of this? --> instead of raising a thumb. But possibly raising If you raise a thumb will be understood as well, people might not understand. Variations exists such as pointing straight down while bobbing the hand up and down to indicate a short distance hitch, or pointing right or left to indicate a desire to turn right or left at the next major junction.

Hitchhiking in Israel is usually done without Variations exists such as pointing straight down while bobbing the hand up and down to indicate a [[signs|sign]]short distance hitch, since stopping in almost all junctions is possible. An exception for this is the few highways that on all of in which stopping is only possible on on-ramps and [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol stationsor point]]. The highways are:* road no. 1 between Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv.* road no. 5 between Tel-Aviv and the West bank.* road no. 6 that crosses ng right or left to indicate a desire to turn right or left at the country.* road no. 20 ("Netivay Ayalon") in Tel-Aviv.* road no. 50 ("Begin Highway") in Jerusalemnext major junction.

In some places, like [[Tel Aviv]], it's very hard to hitchhike from the city, and inter-urban buses are relatively cheap and can get you to the nearest junction. Howeveryou can hitchhike in Tel Aviv at Aluf Sade junction (near Ramat Efal, Shafrirm interchage, near Bar Ilan uni). sometime it's easyer even to take a train to the airport and than walk to the bus station and hitch-hike there to jerusalem. Jerusalem is really friendly to hich hikers, and you can hitch hike even in the nighbourhoods. There is 6 exists from the city, to different directions, and you have Trempiyadas in all of them. ask locals where is the best spot to hitch hike to ypour next destination.  The longest road in Israel is 90 road, that go from the northest point in [[Jerusalem]] Metula, to Eilat. it's NOT an high-way so it's not a crowded one but quite usefull when you hitch-hiking becouse you can stop basicly everywhere and it's will take you to the north, south, dead sea, jerusalem, Tiberias, Sea of Gallile, Rosh pina..and cet. it 's also goes near the Jordaninas border.  In the rural areas, hitch-hiking is possible extremly common and people will help you and sometime will take you specialy to the place you need. People in Israel are direct, so don't be shy, you can share your destinations and they will help you to get there. Road 6: It's a highway road the intent to cross the country from north to south but not all built yet. it's a paying road, and it's the faster road in Israel. therefor its impossible to hitchhike on it, but you can join it always in the interchange before.. for exmaple- from center to north, get to Kesem junction, (train go there, and also easy to hitch hike from west bank) and walk on the suburbs sidewalk until you find trempiyada to north. Near Modiin there is Shoam junction, and from within the citysouth you can stand at the outside for Kiryat Gat. in the north, the soutern trempiyada in Yokneam it's gooD spot. MIND THAT once you on road 6 peoople usually don't get dowwn so if for example you need to go to Tel Aviv, don't take a practice used extensively among religious Jewish kidslift to Jerusalem becouse they don't have place to stop.there are 2 gas stations in road 6, and you can try to stop there..

* [[Dead Sea (Israel)|Dead Sea]]

* [[HaifaBen Gurion International Airport]]* [[Jerusalem]]* [[Tel Aviv]] == See also ==

It's common to get rides from Arab Israelis and from religious Jews. So it's wise to avoid talking politics unless you really know your ways and who you're talking to. [[User:Guaka|guaka]] remembers Remembers a ride where the driver was listening to Arabic music, not speaking English, but indicating he "hates all Arabs", he just loves Arabic music. Tricky.

[[User:Vulla|Vulla]]: "All the people will ask you why did you choose to travell travel in Israel. Most of the people what want to talk about the politic situation, don't be afraid to ask questions...people want to show their point of view and just demostrating demonstrating that Israel is really a great country and not just a country war which it seems from outside, they will not have problems to say what they real think. That's my experience travelling HH in Israel, is a real way to understand this complex but great land"

 '''Note''': Israel shares borders with these countries; however, due to hostile relations between the states, it is '''illegal''' and probably impossible to legally cross over to Syria or Lebanon; Getting to [[Gaza]] should requires special circumstances (being a journalist or an aid worker etc.). Getting to Egypt and Jordan can be easily done through the border crossings with those countries. Getting into Palestinian territory autonomy in the West Bank is quite straight forwardhassle free, usually flashing as that is not a border. Sometimes on the way out of the autonomy you would need to present your passport with a valid visa (a slip of paper you get upon arrival to the country) in the checkpoint is enough. Getting to [[Gaza]] should be problematic. Egypt and Jordan should be fine.

[[Taba]] is the only border crossing for passengers from Israel to [[Egypt]]. It is situated 5km south of [[Eilat]], and is accessible by public transport from both directions. There are almost no cars passing the border, everyone does it by foot. Notice that if you plan to continue after [[Sinai]], to [[Cairo]] for instance, you most likely need an Egyptian visa which is obtainable in the Egyptian embassy in [[Tel Aviv]] or the Egyptian consulate in [[Eilat]]. Bring with you 4 passport photos, 100 NIS and a photocopy of your passport. It takes around 4 hours for Western citizens. Since 2017, you can also obtain a visa [https://www.visa2egypt.gov.eg/eVisa/Home online].

Not possible. You can't enter Syria or Lebanon coming from Israel . Stamps issue: These two countries, along with a just a few others Arab states (or all in all, less than 10 Arab states) will deny entry of visitors with a evidence of visit to Israel. This means: passport that shows that you've been in Israel, even with just a stamp from a border crossing to Egypt or Jordan(see next section for more details). It is also not possible to enter these countries and other Arab countries which have no diplomatic relations with Israel, if you have an Israeli stamp in your passport.

When entering Israel at [[Ben Gurion International Airport|Ben Gurion]] it's okay to ask the border people to not Since 2013, Israeli immigration officers no longer stamp your passport. passports but issue visa paper-slips instead you will get an entry card and not a stamp. However, this only makes sense if You should keep the slip until you don't get to to the Middle East by a flight to exit Israel, since if you go to the Syrian border from Jordan with a passport not showing how you entered the Middle East, they will simply refuse your passport.

1# In northern Israel, next to [[Beit SheaanShe'an]], you can cross in the Abdallah bridge "Jordan River"/"Sheikh Hussein" border crossing, from which it is quite straight forward if you continue onwards to Amman.# In [[Palestinian Territory|Palestine]] My partner and I (French and Chilean) hitchhiked across this border in April 2019.It is not allowed to walk across the border ! So you have 2 options :- you can take the shuttle bus across the noman's land (its costs 5 shekels/person)- you can hitchhike a car just before the border but be aware that there are not so many cars going through. We saw only 2 cars driving from Israel to Jordan in 3 hours on a monday afternoon! Cars must stop at the border entrance so it was easy to ask directly the driver to give us a ride. It looked like there was a bit more traffic on the occupied territoriesother way from Jordan to Israel.Normally we should have pay 107 shekels (102+5) to leave the country but it appeared to be a bit cheaper as a group : we paid 311 for 3 persons (104 shekels/person).The Israeli forces run custom officers did not ask any questions and did not open our backpacks.On the Jordan side, we did not pay nothing for the visa as we already paid online our Jordanian Pass and showed it printed. #lemondesurlepouce 2# In central Israel, in the West Bank, "Allenby bridge "/"King Hussein" border crossing, separating [[Jordan]] from the Palestinian territoriesIsrael/West Bank. Because of its location, this The border crossing is only crossable to Palestinians and internationals jointly operated by Israel (not Israelisfor international or Israeli passengers) and the Palestinian Authority (for Palestinian passengers are subject to intimidating "security" interrogations). This is also the most direct border crossing from [[Amman]] to [[Jerusalem]]. Notice that if you need Crossing into Israel/West Bank require no special visa. Crossing into Jordan requires obtaining a Jordanian visain advance, it cannot be acquired at this as such are not issued in the border crossing. 3# In the south, 3km north of [[Eilat]], you can cross at the Arava crossing (''Yitzchak Rabin terminal'') which separates [[Eilat]] from [[Aqaba]].  This is probably only landborder Israel/Jordan that you can cross by walking !At this landborder, the Jordanian visa is free of charge ! You will just have to pay the most popular border terminalexit fees of Israel (107 shekels) ..at least for French and Chilean citizens So if you are in a budget, you should consider crossing in Eilat as it is the cheapest option ! #lemondesurlepouce == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}  {{Cities Israel}}