Here you can find some useful information which might help you while traveling in Israel.
National holidays & events: 2013:
• March 24 - Palm Sunday
• March 25-26 - Passover*
• March 31 - Easter Sunday
• March 31-April 1– Isru Hag*
• April 7-8 – Holocaust Memorial Day
• April 14-15 – Israel Memorial Day (Yom Hazikaron)
• April 16 – Independence Day
• April 28 – Lag B’omer
• May 14-15 – Shavuot*
• July 9 – Beginning of Ramadan
• July 16 –Tishaa Be’av
• August 8 – Eid-UL-Fitr
• September 4-6 - Rosh Hashanah* (Jewish New Year)
• September 13-14 - Yom Kippur**
• September 18-19 – Sukkot*
• September 25-26 - Simchat Torah*
• October 15 - Eid-ul-Adha
• November 28 – December 5 – Hanukkah
• December 24-5 - Christmas
2014:
• January 16 – Tu B’Shvat
• March 16-17 – Purim
*No public transportation. Two-day holidays begin on the afternoon of the first day (Erev Hag) and end on the evening of the second day. During this time public transportation stops running.
Taxi services operate all year long, including holidays.
** No Public Transportation, including taxi services.
Emergency:
Police - 100
Ambulance service - 101
Fire department - 102
Dialing Codes:
Calling to Israel - 972 + local area code (minus zero) + subscriber number
For example, if you want to call 03-5161111, so from abroad you would dial 972-3-5161111 and within Israel you would dial 03-5161111.
Calling from Israel - 00 (or other provider's code) + required number
For example in order to call to Germany call 00-49-17682111111
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