|district = Jerusalem District
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|pop = 747882,600 652 (20072016); Metropolitan Area 1,027,400 (2008)|motorways highways = 1, 50, 60, 443
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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
== Hitching out ==
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[[File:CraigIsraelKfarAdomim.jpg|thumb|220px|right|[[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] at Maale Adumim Junction en route to Dead Sea (5 mins).]]
=== East to the [[Dead SeaMoriya:]], [[Amman]] ([[Jordan]]) === The road splits towards Amman and towards the Dead Sea Jerusalem has at Beitleast 6-HaArava junction. Depending on where you are in Jerusalem, there are two options for getting there: ==== From East Jerusalem ==== Take service taxi ("sheirut") 36 from Damascus Gate in the direction of [[Abu Dis]], a ride of 7 NIS only. Get off in Maale Adumin North junction and continue hitchhiking east. If you take this ride you roads to get directly to road #1out, from which you need to continue hitchhiking east towards the Dead Sea and Jordandifferent directions. ==== From West Jerusalem ==== Take bus 25, 4 or 4A to Har HaIt'tsofim (French Hill). You can hitchhike from the bus stop across the street from the entrance to the Mt. Scopus Campus of Hebrew University. The place is usually crowded with hitchhikers, and drivers stop s changes often. Most likely they will go only part of by the way, in which case you should ask to get off massive constractions but in the entry junction to their settlementgeneral, choose your next destination and continue hitchhiking from ask local where the bus station.:[[User:Halt,_Stop!_Reudnitz_kommt.|Craig]] found it easy best spot to get a lift even from inside Jerusalem. The bus stop mentioned above works perfecthitch out. Since recently you can get there taking the Tram ''or'' you hitchhike from in front following is list of spots based on the Damascus gate (sounds strange, but worked numerous timesdirection: 10 mins, 5 mins).
=== South towards [[Eilat]], [[Aqaba]] ([[Jordan]]), [[Taba]] ([[Egypt]]) ===
Follow == MAIN Junction to get out: =="Hayeziaa Me'A'ir"- The enternace of the direction city, called as well Ginot Sacharov. ([https://goo.gl/maps/i8hDtLdz8tu Google street view]) 1 road, the huge Trempiyada that close to go the CBS. it's the road 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 [[Dead Sea]]ugly bridge, but and down the bridge you continue south straight.you will see 2 crossroads and on [[Highway 90 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 get bored or want to burn some time, just behind you there is an old Arab village (IsraelLifta)|Highway 90]] until its end, which was deserted in 1948. Go down the 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 traffic jams. From there So if you can continue east towards [[Jordan]]want easyer, beautyer and often shorter way to south or south towards [[Egypt]]north, use another way.
[[FileHitch hike to Tel Aviv on road 443:Hitching_out_of_JerusalemYou can stand at French Hill just in the other side of the tram of Givat Hamivtar.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Orthodox Jews hitching out This is not the best spot to hitch towards Tel Aviv - use it only if you hitched here from the Dead Sea, northern Israel or from the West bank, and you wish to continue to Tel Aviv. On the other side of the big intersection there is a smaller bus stop. Cars that pass here might be going into Jerusalem]], or 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 Hemed station and Latrun intersection. It’s better to wait for a direct ride. If you can get a ride part of the way on highway 443, to Modiin for example, that is much better, because there are bus stops in almost every intersection on that road.
=== West towards [[Tel Aviv]] ===Take a bus to To the main bus station in Jerusalem. Go on walking further on Jaffa roadnorth, till you get to the main junction where you can see the "Begin" highway. go on walking straight south and pass this junction, 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.Dead sea: ==
In case Jerusalem 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: 10 mins, 5 mins). Get down, cross the road to the right, 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 too crowded written that there is a bus that go to Kfar Adumim. if the answer iis yes- than you might be better off going are in the right staation. Take a bit back up 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 street 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 [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol stations]] Dead Sea and hitch thereEilat. Also, Israeli hitchhikers seem So if you need to get to the Dead Sea and your ride goes to have northern Israel (Beit She'an aversion against [[signs]], 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 if youkiosks, mini-market and (free) toilets are available here, so that're not local using s the best way to hitch another ride. Beware! this is a sign could work out in your advantagedesert area, so being near a refreshment stop helps.
There is also a [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] on == To the Jerusalemwest bank-Tel Aviv highway at Shaar Hagai (שער הגיא) [httpnorth area://maps.google.com/maps?q=gas+station&hl=en&cd=10&ei=6SqMS7XXIYivOJe28LcG&sig2=rVVbYMtdQ5gwWRR4lSrEAA&sll=31.799391Binyamin and Samaria sttelments,35.108185&sspn=0.250939,0.376282&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=10709258174763436664&ved=0CBIQpQY&hq=gas+station&hnear=&ll=31.88572,35.024414&spn=0.501407,0.752563&zNablus and cet: =10&iwloc=A Google map link] This might be useful if a ride is not going all the way to Tel Aviv as there are very few spots to stop on the highway between the two cities.
=== North Check the section of [[west bank]] for more detalis, but anyways, from Jerusalem: French Hill used to be the best spots, but it's 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 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 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 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 ([[Ramallah]], [[Ofra]], etc.) As well as further in, towards [[Nablus]], via "Tapuach Junction" ([[Ariel]], [[TiberiasSalfit]], [[Golan HeightsBuddya]] ===etc.)The buses to this area are really cheap (sometime 3 shekels!) so check where you need exactly to go and your time- maybe bus is better..
Follow the same directions as for Amman and the Dead Sea, but continue north on highway 90 from the Beit HaArava Junction until you reach the Tsemach Junciton at the bottom of the Kinneret. From there, you can either hitchhike to [[Tiberias]] by going westwards on Road 90, or use the [[trempiyada]] up to the Golan. People either drive up to Road 92 or Road 98 from there. Road 98 goes right up to the Golan, and Road 92 runs along == To the west coast of the Kinneret from where you can pick up Roads 789 or 87 to the Golan. Highway 789 connects to Road 98 from where you can chose to either continue north or head bank- south. Road 87 also connects to 98- Gush Ezyon, but a bit laterHebron, and it also turns west over the Kinneret or east through the centre of the Golan until it picks up 98 at its end.Beer Sheva ==
Same rules about the [[File:Israel-erga hitching out of jerusalem.jpg|thumb|250|right|[[User:Erga|Erga]] modestly hitching out of Jerusalemwest bank]]section.
=== To [[Ramallah]]Take bus to Gilo (71, 31, [[Samaria]] ([[West Bank]]30..) ===get down in Afarsemon street. cross to the left, you will see huge road, on the left there is Trempiyada. If you need to Go to Hebron, ask people where exactly to stand. If you not sure where to get down ask the driver, where is the Gush Ezyon's Trempiyada.
Take a city To Tekoa (Gush Ezyon) : take the bus to Har Homa (25Homat Shmuel) 74, 75. Get down in Shmuel Meir-Kvish 378. It's the same way to Bet Lechem, but Israelies car not aloud to go there, 4and 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.)
However, due to the lack of rides to this area, it is probably best to take a service taxi (very cheap) to this area from Damascus gate in Jerusalem.
=== To [[Bethlehem]]Though, [[Judea]] ([[West Bank]]) ===to get to the Hebron or Kiryat Arba, there is a bus #381 which costs just 8.1 NIS.
Take the #31 bus to Giloh (you'll have to ask people how to get to the ''[[trempiyada]]''. From there you can hitch rides to [[Bethlehem]] and [[Gush Etzion]] areas, ([[Efrat]], [[Bethlehem]], [[Alon Shvut]]), etc, as well as further south, to the [[Hebron]] area of [[Hebron]], [[Kiryat Arba]], [[Tarqumia]], [[Yatta]], etc. To get to the latter area, however, it is better to hitch a ridge to [[Gush Etzion Junction]], and try from there.
From the Palestinan bus terminal in front of Damascuus Gate you can get a bus straight to [[Bethlehem]] and [[Beit Jala]]. It runs every 30 mins and takes a little more to Bethlehem.
:[[User:Halt,_Stop!_Reudnitz_kommt.|Craig]] got a lift from in front the Damascus gate around 8pm (20 mins). Go to the junction before the cars go down the tunnel. there is enough space to stop. Sometimes people cannot cross the checkpoint and will drop you off. Try to sneak by the tough pedestrian checkpoint and flag down cars in front of the car crossing. Saves time and nerves =)
== Sleep ==You can consider to walk instead of HH. Jerusalem to Bethlem is just 8 km. I've done it in less than 2 hours walking slow and take my time. The view is not the best but if you arrive walking you will able to see the big wall which it separetes Israel to the West Bank. You have to take the entrance for tourists,very fast, few people pass there. The palestinian pass by another gate. Above all you will see the wall and read the different stories of the palestinian during the occupation and you will see many grafitti on the wall, some of them were made by Bansky. Bansky's graffitti are spread around Jerusalem but if you go to the center the (annoyng) taxies will take you to a tour to see Bansky's graffiti.
==Nomadwiki & Trashwiki = Free hospitality ===In projects such as [http://www.bewelcome.org BeWelcome] 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 ==={{nomadwiki}}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[Category://www.wikitravel.org Wikitravel] for more details.
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