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[[File:Israel 338.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tmoon hitching in Israel]]
The most usual way to start an hitchhiking journey is to take a bus out of town, to a junction in your direction. Almost every junction has a hitchhiking spot (the famous ''[[Trempiyada]]''), or at least a bus station where drivers can stop. Many drivers stop in such a place simply to drop or pick up people, not for picking you up - approaching them can still pay off well though, as often they will pick you up anyway. [[User:Guaka|guaka]]'s wild guesstimate is about 20% of the time, definitely worth the walk, the gesture and the smile. In some places, like [[Tel Aviv]], it's very hard to hitchhike from the city, and inter-urban buses are relatively cheap and can get you to the nearest junction. However, in [[Jerusalem]] it is possible to hitchhike to the suburbs from within the city, a practice used extensivly among religious Jewish kids.
== Safety ==
== See also ==
* [[The Golan Heights]]
== Politics of hitchhiking in Israel ==
It's common to get rides from Arabs and from religious Jews. So it's wise to avoid talking politics unless you really know your ways and who you're talking to. Many Arabs don't speak English, in which case it's actually okay to approach them in Hebrew.
Close to Arab villages it's unlikely men will pick up a girl or even a boy and a girl hitchhiking. Either 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 from Arab villages further away) and to move on or back there.
== Shabbat ==
