JL;DR SUMMARY In "Undeclared Wars with Israel: East Germany and the West German Far Left 1967–1989," the author Jeffrey Herf explores how both East Germany and the West German far left demonized Israel following the Six-Day War, equating it with Nazism and supporting Arab countries and Palestinian terrorists against Israel. 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'.