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JL;DR SUMMARY The episode explores Prime Minister Netanyahu's move to reinstate humanitarian aid to Gaza and Israel's performance in the Eurovision Song Contest, examining political and cultural implications of both events. 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'.
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MossadNetanyahuHumanitarian AidMiddle East ConflictPublic OpinionEli CohenEurovisionGaza AidCultural Biases

Places mentioned

Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Today is day 594, which are 84 weeks and 5 days of the captivity of now 58 hostages living and dead in Gaza."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"the voice of the city where for the past three years, a struggle has raged between the municipality and a group of activist residents"
Jerusalem, Israel
"when the Mossad recruited him into its legendary Unit 188 to infiltrate the Syrian government."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"and it was just so tragic to wake up to the news this morning, Israel time, of the murder of this young couple in Washington, D.C., in front of the Jewish Museum event, workers at the Israeli embassy."
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
"That was sort of the circles I traveled in. And you are a D.C. area native, and you're from Silver Spring."
Ra'anana, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Before 1965, the Abba that Sophie Bendor had in Eli Cohen was an Abba who would come for two intensive weeks once every very long while. When he came to visit for two weeks, he shared with us and with the institution and with the Prime Minister and with all the commanders of the troops."
Damascus, Syria
"Eli Cohen was hanged in marja, or martyrs, square in downtown Damascus."

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