JL;DR SUMMARY Yossi Alpher explores how former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's approach to Middle East peace, driven by ideals and a lack of understanding, nearly disrupted the historic peace process between Israel and Egypt led by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in the late 1970s. 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'.