JL;DR SUMMARY A recent poll in New York State revealed that while a majority of New Yorkers support peaceful demonstrations for those suffering in Gaza and an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, they believe recent pro-Palestinian protests on campuses crossed into antisemitism and justified police intervention. 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'.