JL;DR SUMMARY In a panel discussion in Washington DC, Gilad Halpern and Ori Nir talk to Haaretz correspondent Amir Tibon and Al Quds correspondent Said Arikat about their experiences covering consecutive US administrations, journalism in the era of social media, and the influence of diaspora groups on the Israeli-Palestinian-American relationship. 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'.