JL;DR SUMMARY In a recent New York Times article, reporters Adam Rasgon, David Halbfinger, and Mohammed Najib highlight the challenges faced by Palestinian security officers due to the potential annexation of parts of the West Bank by Israel and the suspension of security coordination with Israel by President Mahmoud Abbas. 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'.