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== Politics of hitchhiking in Israel ==
It's common to get rides from Arab Israelis (or Palestinian 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. 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 travel in Israel. Most of the people want to talk about the politic situation, don't be afraid to ask questions...people want to show their point of view and just 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 hitchhiking in Israel, is a real way to understand this complex but great land".
A lot of Arabs Palestinians don't speak English, and if you are in which case Israel "proper" it can actually be okay to approach them Palestinians in Hebrew (especially if you're not a native speaker). Some Orthodox Jews prefer to speak only YiddishIt is another story inside the Isreali occupied [[West Bank]]. And you can easily find yourself there when hitchhiking, so if you're not aware. And in the West Bank it may can be helpful dangerous to learn a few basic phrases approach Palestinians in this language (hint: it's mutually intelligible with German)Hebrew.
Hitchhiking inside the [[West Bank]] comes with its own special intricacies.
Some Orthodox Jews prefer to speak only Yiddish, so it may be helpful to learn a few basic phrases in this language (hint: it's mutually intelligible with German).
Inside Israel (not in the West Bank) it's significantly harder to hitchhike at junctions close to Arab villages. Somehow cars coming out of the village are less likely to pick up hitchhikers. This could be because their wife is sitting next to them or someone of the closely knit network of the village is driving behind them. In such cases it makes a lot of sense to try to find out of the previous or next junction has different traffic (e.g. predominantly Jewish or further away from Arab villages) and to move on or back there.
