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Company  Price  Sim  Talk/SMS  Web  Free Int'l  Signup Bonus  Israeli CC  Real TZBlackerry
Hot99₪49₪Unlimited3GB31 countries49₪/6 months*  Yes*Yes*
Golan99₪49₪UnlimitedUnlimited  53 countries  ₪59 /1st yearYesNoNo
01292₪Unlimited3GB42 countries*44₪/6 months  YesYes29₪
Rami Levy89₪59₪Unlimited1GB  No1₪/3 monthsYesYesNo
PelephoneYes*Yes*Free
Partner129/135₪*0₪*Unlimited  1GB/3GBAdd'l 20₪NoNoNo*39₪
CellcomA lot of $180₪  NoNo75₪

Rule #1- The Israeli cell phone service market is difficult. But cheap.
Rule #2- It is illegal for a company to "lock you in" a contract. ALL plans may be cancelled at any time with no penalty. Though, they do prevent you from opening and closing plans by charging a sim card "fee". This fee must always be paid even if paid for once before, and ranges from 39₪ to 180₪.
Rule #3- For those places that need an Israeli credit card, you may need to get one from an Israeli bank with a passport and income information although YMMV.
Rule #4- It is rarely, if ever, worthwhile to rent a "vacation plan" or prepaid, as the price for a regular unlimted plan for a month is less that a vacation plan for a week. Get a GSM phone that covers 900/1800 bands and save your money
Rule #5- All Israeli plans, whether regular or prepaid, include free incoming calls/texts.

Hot- 99₪ a month - includes unlimited calls, text and data (3 gb, then slow) and unlimited to 32 countries. Free home internet supply included. They currently have an offer if you port a number from a different network, to get the first six months for just 49₪ a month. You can move your package to a 10₪ a month plan, which includes 50 minutes and texts. You can also freeze the line once a year for up to 3 months. Regarding signup- you can use an American CC and fake TZ over the phone as one user has done.

Golan - Service is passable, but can be subpar in certain areas. There are two plans with Golan. There's the 99₪ unlimited talk/text/internet/international calling plan, which also gives you up to 2 virtual foreign numbers. This plan also includes for many countries unlimited global data roaming (6GB high-speed), incoming calls & texts, and calls & texts to Israel. They also offer a ₪29 per day data-roaming plan which gives 100MB a day in these countries. These roaming options can be very useful for foreigners regardless of whether they need Golan for Israel. See their website for details.There's a promo deal to get the 99 plan for ₪59 /month for the 1st year. There's also a ₪10 a month plan, which includes 60 min for domestic/US & CA and landlines in many countries, unlimited SMS and 10 MB of Internet, with add'l mins ₪.18 domestic, ₪.08 to US/CA and landlines in many countries, and data ₪.09 /MB. Its great for those short trips here. SIM should work in an iPad for data; you can also order a car SIM which will allow you to have 2 SIMs which draw from same plan.
[To get the sim in the USA before your trip:  golanusa.net will ship it to you for $14 (more for rush) and the 49 nis for the sim. Golan bills on the 25th of the month.  The days before the first 25th are freeprorated.(So for a trip between the 26th and the 24th of the month, you don't pay the 59 nis or 99 nis plan fee.)]

012mobile - Runs on Partner service, you will get an 054 number (unless you ported). Unlimited - 49₪ for the first 6 months and 92₪ from thereon after for unlimited everything too. Includes 3GB Data and 500 minutes to US/CA (any phone) and 40 other countries (landlines only). 9₪ plan includes 60 minutes, 60 SMS, and 100MB data. Additional domestic minutes/SMS are ₪ .09, Int'l calls to to US/CA (any phone) and 40 other countries (landlines only) are ₪ .25 per min. Add'l data bundles are available starting from ₪ 19 for 1 GB. 5GB Laptop/Tablet (data only) is 98₪.

Pelephone - Online, they accept fake TZ and US CC.

Partner - 129₪ a month for unlimited talk, text, and 1GB. 135₪ for 3GB. Family plans are cheaper.Free sim for online orders. Extra 20₪/mo. for 500 min. int'l calling. Extra 39₪ for Blackberry. May need to give 500₪ deposit that you (may) get back when you cancel the plan.  One can freeze line without charges for up to 3 months when not needed (not sure if allowed more than once per 12 months).

Freedomhot.com - 2/19/2023 - They have local pickup in lots of major frum areas and delivery too. They accept US CC. Runs on Hot Mobile. Copying and pasting from their website.
All monthly plans include: Unlimited Calls & Texts to Israeli phone numbers Unlimited outgoing calls to USA and Canada and landlines to 33 additional countries.
Unlimited incoming calls and texts from anywhere in the world. Prices include all taxes.
59 Shekels - 70GB LTE Internet Data
79 shekels - 150GB LTE Internet Data
KOSHER - Voice Only - 64 Shekels
One-time SIM card fee: 49 Shekels
Optional: add a virtual USA number for $15 per month

Misc. Info
APN settings

On Hot Mobile you can check how much data was consumed either by downloading the app or by texting גלישה  to phone number 530 from your hot mobile phone,you can as well try calling this number *6733.

Note by Menucha:
Please note: as of 4/1/13, most carriers reduce period of intro rates and at times increased cost for monthly intro. I suggest we leave the above as is, but please keep in mind new changed, which are not negotiable and based on govt agreements. monthly flat rate is still great and same. (post intro)
Also, while reps wont tell you, typically you will get longer intro rate if you activate account on your own on line, and not via rep (phone or store). confirmed with carrier. Enjoy! flat monthly, even without intro rate is still one of the lowest you will come across in the west!

Israeli cellphone rentals:

1) Talkinisrael.com
Phone: +972587564477
Whatsapp: +972536299365
Email: info@talkinisrael.com 
if you should have any problems feel free to send me a pm and I will try to help you the best I can.
Plans for sale here are primarily for long term rentals.(students and the like.)


2) Israel Rent-a-cell SIM card or eSIM with calling and data. Also you can get SIMs for Israel Kosher phones!
Contact at Israelrentacell@gmail.com or WhatsApp 972-55-333-1234
Overnight or standard delivery in USA/delivery in Israel! Pickup locations in Lakewood and Israel.
* Unlimited calls and texts in Israel
* Unlimited calls to USA, Canada and landlines in 35 countries
* Unlimited incoming calls
* 70 GB of data (can add an extra 80GB of data)
* eSIMs available!
* Free voicemail
Student discount available, $29.97 monthly, including tax! Never surprise charges or hidden fees!

3) Cellular Israel - 072-224-3300 or 718-289-0195 Full Service - short term and long term, rent phones, Kosher phones, SIM cards, mifi devices, Waze by the day or month. American Customer Service!
info@cellularisrael.com

4) Simforisrael@gmail.com free delivery to anywhere

5) UnlimitedIsrael (DansDeals Advertiser with many positive reviews on DDMS & DDF) is the leading provider of SIM card & iPhone rentals for Israel in the US.
  • Unlimited calls & texts within Israel
  • Unlimited calling to the US and Canada
  • Lightning Fast 4G Internet Speeds
  • Unlimited 4G data
  • Sim Cards - $5/day
  • iPhones - $45/week
  • Kosher Phone - $4/day
  • Mifi Hotspot - $6/day
Use code SUAVE10 for 10% off any order
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #560 on: August 23, 2012, 06:24:55 PM »
bb service included? how much after all said and done? wow  good for you! and gr8 about the muchedet nummber - that is ur TZ btw (i just got my first bill from them, and on the bill it calls it my TZ)

Bill is 119 a month -20 for the first 12 months = 99 shekel,  sim was 49

Yes bb service included

About the TZ,  well if i put in tht number as my TZ then theyre gunna call it my TZ  ;)

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #561 on: August 23, 2012, 06:36:01 PM »
Bill is 119 a month -20 for the first 12 months = 99 shekel,  sim was 49

Yes bb service included

About the TZ,  well if i put in tht number as my TZ then theyre gunna call it my TZ  ;)
Wow. I think I'm gonna do this. Number only gets ported after activation, right? Cause I can't be w/o a phone for 3 days
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #562 on: August 23, 2012, 07:15:48 PM »
Wow. I think I'm gonna do this. Number only gets ported after activation, right? Cause I can't be w/o a phone for 3 days

lol  first bb service i heard thats decent
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #563 on: August 23, 2012, 09:33:09 PM »
I'm still looking for anyone with experience with HOT 10 agurot plan on an iphone.

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #564 on: August 24, 2012, 03:39:58 AM »
Wow. I think I'm gonna do this. Number only gets ported after activation, right? Cause I can't be w/o a phone for 3 days

Correct, port starts when u insert sim i believe
Outgoing with your caller ID works as soon as you pop in the sim card, incoming took about 3 hours


I'm still looking for anyone with experience with HOT 10 agurot plan on an iphone.

Works perfect with unlocked verizon iphone 4s, a friend with iphone 3 had some issues
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #565 on: August 24, 2012, 07:53:50 AM »
I have a 4s. Thanks.

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #566 on: August 24, 2012, 09:03:28 AM »
Hello
I've been trying to sign up for the Golan plan but for some reason when I place my cc number in it tells me no debit cards only cc. I am using an American cc chase sapphire but I don't know why it wont work I have a TZ number do that's not the issue.
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« Reply #567 on: August 24, 2012, 09:10:40 AM »
try going on in cognito, with a new browser, and re signing up
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #568 on: August 24, 2012, 09:14:11 AM »
whats the cheapest anyone found the iphone 4s...no plan..? whered you find it?
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« Reply #569 on: August 24, 2012, 09:15:30 AM »
whats the cheapest anyone found the iphone 4s...no plan..? whered you find it?

here in israel or america?

prob find a used one for 450 ish (craigslist,ebay)
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #570 on: August 24, 2012, 09:18:02 AM »
What's congnito?

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #571 on: August 24, 2012, 09:24:03 AM »
One more question when I sign up for the golan plan, it says international carrier- ILDP I should allow that or block it? What does international carrier mean, does it mean to allow me to call international or when I go international I would be able to use this phone?

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #572 on: August 24, 2012, 09:24:21 AM »
here in israel or america?

prob find a used one for 450 ish (craigslist,ebay)
im in america now going back to israel in few days... wanna change my plan from orange to golan.
the question is is it worth waiting for the new iphone to come out...do you think the iphone 4s will become much cheaper?


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when your browsing your computer in private. if your in ie or firefox its ctrl+shift+P.
if in chrome its ctrl+shift+N.
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #573 on: August 24, 2012, 09:48:40 AM »
I still tried with the private browser and still didnt work, can it because my TZ number I placed the full number on my passport. Am I suppose to leave out the beginning number ex 3-xxxxxxx-x the number 3 before the number or include it?

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #574 on: August 24, 2012, 09:50:27 AM »
I still tried with the private browser and still didnt work, can it because my TZ number I placed the full number on my passport. Am I suppose to leave out the beginning number ex 3-xxxxxxx-x the number 3 before the number or include it?

you have muchedet, ur TZ is a one number off than ur passport
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #575 on: August 24, 2012, 09:52:52 AM »
I don't understand. On the passport it says ID number that's the one that I am putting into the ID number not my passport number.
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #576 on: August 24, 2012, 09:57:50 AM »
I don't understand. On the passport it says ID number that's the one that I am putting into the ID number not my passport number.
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wow, ok, lets start from beggining, what type of passport? american or IL?
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #577 on: August 24, 2012, 09:58:13 AM »
Israeli

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #578 on: August 24, 2012, 10:04:51 AM »
I used my "ID number" from my Israeli Passport and signed up no problem. Leave out the first and last number.
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #579 on: August 24, 2012, 10:13:56 AM »
You can't do that it needs to be 9#