JL;DR SUMMARY The discussion brings up three main topics: the disturbing video of an Israeli soldier grappling with a 12-year-old Palestinian boy with a cast, questioning the implications of such interactions; Israeli politician Stav Shaffir criticizing her party for not challenging the ruling coalition and discussing the role of opposition in Israel; and Minister of Education Naftali Bennett promoting high level math to students for better job prospects, prompting a critique of neo-capitalist ideologies in education. 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'.