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== Politics of hitchhiking in Israel ==
It's common to get rides from Palestinian-Israelis Arabs and from religious Jews, in which case . 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 very few 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).
Hitchhiking inside the [[West Bank]] comes with its own special intricacies.
 
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.
== Shabbat ==

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