No one should hitchhike without careful consideration of the risks involved. Hitching means entrusting your life to a random person who happens to stop beside you on the road, and hitchers always risk theft, assault, sexual harassment, and unsafe driving. Hitchhiking at night can be particularly dangerous.
The incidence of sexual harassment and assault has increased dramatically in recent years. License plates carry meaning: yellow are Israeli, black with an “m” are army, red are police, blue or gray are from occupied territories, and white are diplomatic. Those who hitch in the Negev or Golan (where sometimes the only option is a military vehicle) run the risk of getting a ride that doesn’t go all the way to their destination, in which case they are stranded. Keep in mind that it is considered especially dangerous to hitchhike in the West Bank. Tremping, as hitchhiking is called, is not what it used to be in Israel.
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