Otniel
Otniel is an Orthodox Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
Otniel is an Orthodox Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the southern Judaean Mountains, south of Hebron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. In 2024, it had a population of 1,014.
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Getting to Otniel
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 65 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 97 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 109 km
- Tel Aviv → Otniel75 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · ₪33–44
- Amman → Otniel104 km · quickest by road, 3h · JD6–8
- El Arish → Otniel122 km · quickest by road, 3h 37m · E£265–355
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No local-transport research exists yet for Otniel
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Otniel. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt is difficult for the individual traveler to reach Israel by boat, and there are no regular ferries.
- Get aroundA sherut (Hebrew for service) or servees (Arabic) is a shared taxi that seats more than four people (the usual occupancy is ten).
- Get aroundTo differentiate from a shared taxi (sherut), a regular Israel taxi is sometimes called special (using the English word).
- Get aroundHitchhiking is more accepted in rural areas, particularly sparsely populated areas like the Golan Heights or between smaller towns in the West Bank that have little bus service, than in cities.
- Get aroundLocal West Bank settlers rely heavily on hitch-hiking for transportation.
From Wikivoyage: Israel, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Otniel
Otniel is 41 km from Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.