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[[User:Vulla|Vulla]] In the West Bank is really common to Hitchhikeand super easy. In the Trempyada you will always find many young jewish people even 8 at the same time( that's what i ve found on the 60 road), but don't worry you will always manage to find a ride. On the trempyada you will find soldier soldiers to protect the Jewish people, in recent time there was were differents attacks by Palestinian against Jewish (but sometimes even Jewish people attack the Palestinian) , when i HHed there, there was no problem but always pay attention. You can arrive at your destination HH from settlment to settlement or if you are lucky you can even find a direct ride. Don't be scared if you see some settlers HH with a machine gun. Probably he was a They are soldierand they are allowed to carry guns. Travelling around you will understand many things about the complex situation.(January 2015) The Jewish parts of the west bank have very developed hitch-hiking culture, probably more than anywhere else in Israel. you will see line of people waiting in the Trempiada, and you should respect the que.. you better sometime stay inside the settelment instead of outside becouse the settlers will prefer to stop there. There are Trempiadas that goes straight to the settelment from Jerusalem neighbourhoods- If you want to go to Gush Ezyon and Hebron, take a local bus to Gilo neighbourhood, get down at Afarsemon st. walk to the big junction in the left, a big Trempiada. If you want to go to Nablus and Binyamin district (Rammalla area) take the Tram\ bus to Pisgat Zeev and go to Hizma Junction. even though- the bus is extremly cheap, so check it out. If you want to go to Dead sea and Jericho- take the tram to Amunition Hill, and there is trempiada at your right side. just be aware that jews can't go to the arab cities (except Hebron) and arabs can't go inside the jewish settelments. 60 road it's the road that cross the area from Hebron to Hadera (and Jerusalem in the middle). That why, if you want to travel north, you can hitch-hike from Samaria area through Tapuach junction to the Jordan Valley or to the enternaace of 6 road (Kesem junction) in Kesem there is perfect Trempiyada to the north. You can also hitch hike from Samaria to Israel center- Tel-Aviv area, airport..just wait a little.

 There are many roads with checkpoints from Israel to Palestinian terretoriesterritories. Usually While it is 's usually no problem to get getting into the West Bank.Leaving (eg Palestinian workers aren't checked on that way out of Israel every evening, but only when going back to work the following morning), leaving the West Bank is harder: can be problematic, though not something to worry about. The best is to get a ride with a Israeli settler on a Israeli road which have special settler checkpoints. You The reality is that you won't get checked if they don't suspect you look not too Arabic ;-) to be Palestinian. If you don't want to or you can't go with Israelis or /settlers you need to find a checkpoint where it is allowed to cross by foot. The These checkpoints will typically have turnstiles etc, and the soldiers will check everything of belonging to you, but stay cool and always rattle off questions about what you were doing in the West Bank. Just say that you just visited some religious sights because of you believe, and that you kept to yourself. If the opportunity arises simply let them know that your time in the West Bank is simply part of a larger trip around Israel. Never tell them too much about your contacts to with Palestinians. It is a pittypity, but what can we do? Note that some checkpoints don't permit foot-crossing on certain days such as Shabbat or public holidays. One such crossing is the Jalamah crossing (Jenin-Afula). There are PA Authority security on the approach to this checkpoint and they might be willing to wave down a passing car who might take you across the border into Israel. I cannot comment on the situation if travelling from the Israeli side.