Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the middle east, under dispute between Israel and the Palestinians, both claiming it to be their capital city.

Hitching out

To the Dead Sea

From the city center or the bus station, take buses 25, 4 or 4A to get to the Har Ha'tzofim Junction. From their, make your way to the trempiada directing east on Highway 1 toward the Dead Sea. Many drivers will be heading toward Ma'aleh Adumim, and unless that is where you are going, it is best to wait for another car. If trying to reach the Beit Ha'arava Junction, the entrance to Kfar Adumim or the Almog Junction are not terrible stopping points, and accepting tremps heading to those places is recommended if you are having a difficult time. When reaching the Beit Ha'arava Junction, the road turns south and from there you can ask to get off in any location at the shore of the dead sea.

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 and pass this junction, and on your right (after the petrol station) you will see a bus station, the best spot to hitchike. Most likely you will see other hitchikers 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.

To Tiberias and the Golan Heights

Your first goal is the Beit Ha'arava Junction, which connects Highway 1 going west from Jerusalem, to Highway 90, which goes north to the Yam Kinneret. From the city center, the bus station, or other places that the following bus lines hit, take buses 25, 4 or 4A to get to the Har Ha'tsofim Junction. This junction is the spot to hitchhike in the direction of the Dead sea. 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 station.

From the Beit Ha'arava Junction, head north on Highway 1 until you reach the Tsemach Junction at the bottom tip of the Yam Kinneret. From there, there is a trempiada up to the Golan. People either drive up to Highway 92 or Highway 98 from there. Highway 98 goes right up to the Golan, and Higway 92 runs along the west coast of the Kinneret from where you can pick up Route 789 or Highway 87 to the Golan. Route 789 connects to Highway 98 from where you can chose to either continue north or head south. Highway 87 also connects to Highway 98, but a bit later, and it also turns west over the Kinneret or east through the center of the Golan until it picks up Highway 98 at its end.

To Samaria (near North)

Take a city bus (25, 4, or 4a) to the Har Ha'tzofim Junction and stand there. Rides from here are available to the Ramallah area (Ofra, Beit El, etc.) As well as further in, towards Nablus, via Tapuach Junction (Kfar Tapuach, Eli, Shiloh, Ariel, Kedumim, etc.)

Judea (near South)

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 the Gush Etzion area (Efrat, Alon Shvut, etc) as well as further south, to the Hebron area of Kiryat Arba, Othniel, etc. To get to the latter area, however, it is better to hitch a ridge to Gush Etzion Junction (near Alon Shvut), and try from there.

To Eilat

Follow the direction to go to the Dead Sea, but continue south on Highway 90 until its end.