JL;DR SUMMARY In the fourth week of the Israel-Gaza conflict, topics discussed include Israel's ground incursion into Gaza, the high Palestinian death toll, Netanyahu's controversial tweet blaming others for Israel's vulnerability, US pressure on Israel, the volunteer movement shaping Israeli civil society, an interview with Muli Segev of the TV satire show "Eretz Nehederet," and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore's insights on decolonization theory and the Israel-Palestine conflict. 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'.