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Crossing the Green Line to and from Israel
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The West Bank was partitioned between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (which governs the Palestinian Autonomy) by a join agreement in 1994 (Oslo II accords).
Hitchhiking in the '''West Bank''' ([[Palestinian Territory|Palestinian territories]]) is a game of chance, but still very common. Some people, especially Jewish settlers, tend to carry guns. Hitchhiking is popular especially among the settler's youth, although there were cases they were targeted by militants while hitchhiking.
=== Crossing the Green Line to and from [[Israel]] ===
 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.
[[File:Guaka-hitching-west-bank-2008.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[User:Guaka|guaka]] hitching to [[Jerusalem]] at [[hitchhiking at night|night]] in West Bank, together with a German guy. Thanks to a torch they found a ride in half an hour!]]
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