JL;DR SUMMARY In a recent discussion with Roving Mid-East Reporter Naomi Zeveloff and Tel Aviv Review host Gilad Halpern, key topics included the absence of debate on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict ahead of Israel's elections, Prime Minister Netanyahu's image as an "autocrat whisperer," the initiative to introduce public transportation on the Sabbath in Israeli cities led by Likud, and the resurgence of English language media in Israel amidst a decline in international media. 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'.