JL;DR SUMMARY Following the recent events where Israel targeted a Hezbollah commander in Beirut and Hamas' political leader was assassinated in Tehran, Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi analyze the repercussions of these actions on the potential hostage agreement progress and the Israeli perspective on retaliatory measures. 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'.