JL;DR SUMMARY The arrest and beating of Palestinian Oscar-winning filmmaker Hamdan Ballal by Israeli settlers in the West Bank brings to light the routine violence against Palestinians that Jewish solidarity activists like Raviv Rose and Anna Lippman face while advocating for peace and non-violent resistance. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.