Here you can find some useful information which might help you while traveling in Israel.
National holidays & events:
2012:
• April 1 - Palm Sunday
• April 6-7 - Passover*
• April 8 - Easter Sunday
• April 13-14 – Isru Hag*
• April 18-19 – Holocaust Memorial Day
• April 24-25 – Israel Memorial Day (Yom Hazikaron)
• April 26 – Independence Day
• May 10 – Lag B’omer
• May 26-27 – Shavuot*
• July 20 – Beginning of Ramadan
• July 29 –Tishaa Be’av
• August 19 – Eid-ul-Fitr
• September 16-18 - Rosh Hashanah* (Jewish New Year)
• September 25-26 - Yom Kippur**
• September 30- October 1 – Sukkot*
• October 7-8 - Simchat Torah*
• October 26 - Eid-ul-Adha
• December 9 – Hanukkah
• December 24-5 - Christmas
2013:
• January 26 – Tu B’Shvat
• February 24-25 – 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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