JL;DR SUMMARY Leading American pro-Israel organizations AIPAC and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) have taken a cautiously optimistic view towards Syria's new leadership under Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, aiming for a peaceful, independent Syria free of regional threats, while Israel remains skeptical due to Jolani's Al-Qaida links. 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'.