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== 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. 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).
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.
