rick steves assignment

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CONTENTNO. CONTENT PAGE

1. INTRODUCTION 2

2.A.1 PROCESS : LAND USES AND ACTIVITY 2 - 5

2.A.2 :RESPONSE TO NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 6

2.A.3 :PATTERNS OF SPATIAL ORGANIZATION 6

2.A.4 :CULTURAL TRADITION 7

2.B.1 COMPONENT : VEGETATION RELATED TO LAND USE 8

2.B.2 : CLUSTER 8

2.B.3 : CIRCULATION NETWORKS 8 - 9

2.B.4 : BOUNDARY DEMARCATION 9 - 10

2.B.5 : BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND OBJECTS 10 - 11

2.B.6 : SMALL SCALE ELEMENTS 12

3. CONCLUSION 13

4. REFERENCE 13


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1. INTRODUCTION

The epic stories of the three great monotheistic religions on this planet which is

Muslims, who worship Allah, Christians that worship Jesus, and lastly, Jew have played

out on the land of Israel and Palestine, which have been called as The Holy Land. This

ancient ethnic mix is complicated by religions. Israelis were Jewish. Christians worshipJesus. And today, most Arabs here are Muslim a religion that arrived later in the

seventh century, with their prophet, Muhammad. The troubled begin goes back nearly

4,000 years when the Arabs and Jews who call this region home share a family tree.

Thats happened when the prophet Abraham had two sons, Isaac and Ismael. The

trouble is when Isaac came to be the Israelis, while Ismael spawned the Arabs. That

means that todays Jews and Arabs are shared similar DNA. They speak closely related

languages, and have a genuine historical claim to this Holy Land.

Today, Israel and Palestine have been separated by a border known as the

Green Line which established by the intervention of a third party, United Nations, which

worsen the situation. Jews, people without a land that dispersed throughout the world

after being attacked by the Romans in 70 A.D, come back and claimed that this is their

home and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced and they struggle to

reach the peaceful way to share what each consider as their rightful homeland.

And today, there a some culture appeared in this Holy Land that strongly

influenced by this three great monotheistic religions, Jew, Christians, and Islam and their

ancient history fought claiming this Holy Land. This culture can be clearly discovered

through USNPS 11 elements.

2.A. PROCESSES

2.A.1. LAND USES AND ACTIVITY

a) Holy place

Jerusalem is the holiest sites. Many people claim that Jerusalem as theclosest place on earth to heaven. According to Rick Steves (2014), beforeColumbus and the illustrious class of 1500, many maps showed Jerusalem as thecenter of the world. Jerusalemholy, treasured, and long fought over among thethree great monotheistic religions- has been destroyed and rebuild 14 times.Everyone and everything in Jerusalem has a story.

The Dome of the Rock is one of Jerusalems landmarks. Located at thecenter of the Temple Mount, a religious site in Jerusalem sits the elevatedstructure. It was built over a rock that is considered to be holy. The stone isbelieve by Muslims to be the place from which the prophet Muhammad ended hisNight Journey to Jerusalem and ascended to heaven, while Jews believe thisplace to be the center of the earth and have been worshipped here since 3000


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years ago. In Jewish, Christian, and Muslim tradition, Abraham has been asked byGod to prove his faith by sacrificing his son Isaac. Because of that, many considerthat this place to be the closest place on earth to heaven.

Another holistic site is the Temple Mount. Temple Mount has beendestroyed several times. The First Temple has been built by Solomon, the son of

King David who united the 12 tribes of Israel. Then, the Second Temple was builtafter the First Temple was burned by invaders and lastly has been destroyed bythe Roman in 70 A.D, catastrophic year of Jews. Only a bit of the westernfoundation of the wall surrounding this ancient temple survived. This survivedwestern wall then became the worship place for the Jews. They gather here at theWestern Wall to recall a horrible past and pray for a better future.

For Christians, Jerusalem is the place where Jesus was crucified, buried,and resurrected 2,000 years ago. Their worship place is the Church of the HolySepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection. This holy place iswhere Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, and also contains the place where Jesushas been buried. The church has been an important Christian pilgrimage

destination since the last fourth century ago as the holy site of the resurrection ofJesus.

Another holistic site placed at Hebron. The uniqueness of this place isJews and Muslims sharing The Tomb of Abraham. They worship under the sameroof but separated as a mosque for a Muslims and synagogue for the Jews with

Abrahams tomb in the middle.

Images 1: Jerusalem Old City. Images 2: Dome of the Rock

Images 3: Western Wall of Temple Mount Images 4: Church of the Holy Sepulchre


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b) Residential

Today, about half a millions Israeli Jews live in settlements in Palestine.These planned and gated communities come with all the comforts. They live inplanned communities with beautifully landscaped and designed and fortifiedcommunities built mostly in the last generation on ridges and hilltops within the

West Bank.

20,000 people of Palestine who has been displaced after World War IIwhen Jews returned to create a modern state of Israel have to live at the BalataRefugee Camp, outside of the city of Nablus. They live in the multistorycinderblock tenements with narrow lanes, tight quarters, horrible density and alittle privacy. These people, who lived at these camp is filled with destitution,frustration, and faint but distant hope.

Images 5: Balata Refugee Camp Images 6: Israelis Settlement

c) Institution

Jerusalems unforgettable Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum tells

a compelling story and stirs powerful emotions. Israel works to keep the memoryof the millions of Jews killed by Hitler alive and strong. Israel has constructed amemorial and museum, called Yad Vashem, to honor those victims. In the Hall ofNames, a vast archive surrounds a collection of faces of Jews killed during thetragedy.

Another institution that has been covered by the video of The Holy Land byRick Steves is Birzeit University. Its campus is at the edge of Ramallah, has anenrollment of about 10,000 students. The campus was a sharp contrast with theintense and chaotic cities with beautiful landscaping connecting modern buildings.


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Images 7: Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial

d) Commercial

There are a number of market street took place in this Holy Land which isOld City Market Street in Jerusalem, Mahane Yehuda Market Street, also inJerusalem, and clothing market at Hebron. These market street particularly busy.

Images 8: Old City Market Street Images 9: Clothing Market

e) Agriculture

The only agriculture land use covered in this video take place at the National Parkof Battir, Palestine. Local people famed for its hikes through olive groves andancient terraces. These terraces carved out of the hillsides have been tended formore than 2,000 years. Families gather in the olive groves for the harvest. ToPalestinians, it represents both their past and their future. These terraces have asentimental value for Palestinians because their ancestors came here and carvedthese terraces into mountain to plant the olive groves.


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2.A.2 RESPONSE TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

The Sea of Galilee is 700 feet below sea level with 13 miles long by 8miles wide, and fed and drained by the Jordan River which is Israels main sourceof water. The Jordan River dumps into the north end of the lake, oxygenating thewater and attracting a high concentration of fish and fishermen. The Catholic built

The Church of the Primacy of St. Peter, high above Galilee, 2,000 years ago forworship as they believed this is a very important site, as it established theimportance of Peter, the first pope among the disciples.

At the west of Bethlehem, there are natural preserve for hiking near thevillage of Battir. In ancient times, this terrain has been defined by its fine trailsnaked along terraces. This land is holy to its inhabitants. For Palestinians, theolive tree that has been planted at this terrace is a symbol of faith in the future astheir ancestors work these terraces for them to eat. And now, they plant it for theirgrandchildren to eat.

At the end of the Jordan River, there is Dead Sea, the lowest place on

earth which is about 1,400 feet below sea level. Dead Sea become a tourism spotas resorts have been developed here for the tourist enjoy the bobbing corks inwater thats about six times as salty as the ocean. Many believed the mudsmineral make their skin younger and more beautiful.

Images 10: Biblical Terraces Images 11: Dead Sea

2.A.3. PATTERN OF SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

Jerusalems Old City has been divided into four main quarters based onthe religions as the Jewish Quarter springs from the Western Wall, MuslimsQuarter faces the Dome of the Rock, at the north of Jerusalem is the ArmenianQuarter, and the Christian Quarter surrounds the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.


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2.A.4. CULTURAL TRADITION

a) Food

Most of the Israeli food is grown locally and can be called as Arab cuisine. It canbe found in Lebanon and all over the Middle East. Some of local Israeli food is

eggplant with olive oil, eggplant salad with vegetables, tahini, humus that madefrom chickpeas, and a very special and tasty is the tabbouleh which made ofbulgur, parsley and cucumbers.

b) Costume

The Ultra-Orthodox shows itself in the way they dress and wear their hairto express their belonging to a certain group and following a certain rabbi. There issome style in Ultra-Orthodox dress code such as scripture, yarmulke, and earlocks. Jews wear scripture because it is a symbol that they should always havethe love of God on their mind while the significance of the yarmulke is they are

constantly reminding themselves that God is above them. For the single women,they dressed modestly. But, at the time they get married, they cover their hair inthe public. These dress code defining which group or rabbi that they followedwhich is Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Lithuanian, and so on.

Another cultural tradition costume is hijab that has been used by manyMuslim women to cover their head. It is a sin for Muslim men who are not theirhusband to look lustfully at a womens hair because womens hair is sexy. Forwomen, when they walk in public while wearing hijab, they feel that they get morerespect.

c) Festival

The only festival that has been shown in this video is Bar Mitzvahs thatcelebrate by Jews. This celebration was conduct to celebrate a boy who comes ofage at 13 years old. When they have reach 13 years old, they become a barmitzvah and is recognized by Jewish tradition as having the same rights as a fullgrown man and ethically responsible for their decisions and actions.

Images 12: Bar Mitzahs festival


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2.B. COMPONENT

2.B.1. VEGETATION RELATED TO THE LAND USE

a)Olive tree

Most of the signification vegetation related to land use at Holy Land is olivefarm. The interview with local people in video shows 60 % of the vegetation in Holyland is olive tree , that show how the olive is very important for community.

2.B.2. CLUSTER

a) Balata just outside of Nablus is the biggest refugee camps in the WestBank, with over 20,000 people. There are high density populations with multi-storycinderblock tenements. Each of the blocks is so close to each other.

Image 13 : Balata refugee camps

b) Temple Mount is Jerusalems Old City. Its divided into four quarters:Jewish, Muslim, Armenian, and Christian. Each of the quarter has its ownfunctional space.

2.B.3. CIRCULATION NETWORKS

a) In Jerusalem around five miles from the Dome of the Rock is acheckpoint in the wall from Jerusalem right into Bethlehem.

b) Israel is laced by modern freeways because it is a small country.

c) Israel controls most of the roads and most of the land. Israel has thecheckpoint that easily for them to control all the traffic in West Bank. Theownership vehicle nationality is differenced by the color of car plate. Palestiniancars have green plates. Israelis have yellow plates. At the certain time only yellowplates are allowed.


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Image 14 : Israel checkpoint Image 15: Israel yellow plate

d) The vehicle circulation can be clearly seen follow around the separatorwall between Palestine and Israel.

Image 16 : wall that built by Israel

2.B.4. BOUNDARY DEMARCATION (NATURAL AND MAN MADE)

a) During the Second Intifada from 2000 and 2005, a lotIsraeli civilians werekilled by Palestinian suicide. After the tragic accident, Israel built the wall aroundWest Bank to defend their nation from terrorism.

Image 17 : wall that built by Israel


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b) The wall also separate the contrast between the poor side and the richland side. Every day workers with special passes cross the wall on their commutefrom the poor side for higher-paying jobs in the more affluent country.

c) In Hebron mostly is Palestinian, but several hundred Israeli settlers hasstaked out the high ground and there are a wire net along the residential space toprotects from the garbage tossed down by the Jewish residents from high ground.

d) At the Tomb of the Patriarchs, there are also having separator betweenthe two religious - half mosque and half synagogue. This is separated bybulletproof glass and barred windows.

2.B.5. BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT

a) Church of Nativity is built on the birth place of Jesus. People around the

world come to remember that first Christmas, and to pray on the spot wheretradition says Jesus was born.

Image 18 : Church of Nativity

b) New glass and steel buildings of modern Tel Aviv skyscrapers make thecity feels modern and busy city.

c) At the Hebron there are a lotof turnstiles and checkpoints that securedby Israeli troops. This is because the place is very sacred and complicated site: anancient structure capped by a medieval church, which now functions both as amosque and a synagogue, holding the Tombs of Abraham and his family.

Image 19 : tomb of Abraham and his families


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d) At the holy land, in the name of security theres always a watchtower thatsecured by Israeli troops.

Image 20 : watch tower at the Palestine city

e) Many of the Palestine city have display the big key as reminder to thehundreds of thousands of Palestinians who were displaced with the creation of

Israel in 1948.

Image 21 : the big key as reminder to the people

f) In Ramallah is the tomb of Yasser Arafat, the father of modern Palestine.He important leader who raise the awareness of the Palestinian struggle forindependence.

Image 22: The tomb of Yasser Arafat


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2.B.6. SMALL SCALE ELEMENT.

Small scale element represents the characteristic of the culture landscape at certainplaces. At this holy site, there is several part of the site that shows the small scaleelement that represents this holy site.

a) At Dome of rock. The geometrical designs show the Islamic architecture.

b) From the higher place, show the view of Bethlehems skyline that haveboth crescents and crosses which mean this place have two major religious, Islamand Christine.

Image 23: The Islamic pattern Image 24 : view of Bethlehems skyline

c) Along the highway the road signs show three major language and threescripts: Hebrew and Arabic for Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel, and English forvisitors.

d) Entering to every Palestine city, there a bold red sign about security

awareness to the Israelis that entering the zone controlled by Palestinian security.

Image 25 : The red signage Image 26 : Palestine heros Poster

e) The Palestine city is known for fighting spirit, the city has walls with younglocal men that mostly in Israeli prison or already dead . the poster show the personthat contribute and commitment to Palestinian independence.

f) At the Muslim Quarter in old city certain houses is fortif ied and festoonedwith Israeli flags that show homes of Zionist families.


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3. CONCLUSION

As a conclusion, the result of the societal and physical barriers that separatethem just make these people on both sides will not get to know each other eventhough for the young generation, have a chances to grab the peaceful life. It is

almost impossible for those both side to connect in any way or even have a chanceto live as one community like the other mix religion community in other nations.

Israelis and Palestinians share an ancient history homeland and both of themhave a meaningful rich tradition and culture and they should share this land. Manyof them hope for a peace living. They were caring people which trapped in aproblem. Both communities have inflicted pain and endured pain.

In the separate society, the restrictions of the law and of ethics are the onlyrestrictions when it comes to bargaining. Within the context of the law and the rulesof ethics, one can bargain over any issue in dispute. In the context of bargaining,negotiators expect concessions from the other side, just as they themselves are

willing to make concessions. This perspective of give and take is seen in andseparate society as the basis solution for this conflict. The question is what to giveand what to take, whose will give and who will take since these both societiesalways claiming that this Holy Land is their rightful ancient homeland.

4. REFERENCE

Steves,R. (2014). Rick Steves Holy Land Israel & Palestine

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