Beit Awwa

• 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.
• Get aroundNevertheless, inside the West Bank you should never hitchhike from Jewish settlements/cities to Palestinian areas (or vice-versa); this is dangerous.
• Get aroundDo not hitchhike in a car that stopped for you unprompted.
• Get aroundRead through Wikivoyage general guide, which provides a lot of good advice on the how, where and when of Hitchhiking.

From Wikivoyage: Israel, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.