JL;DR SUMMARY In this edition, Don Futterman, Noah Efron, and Dina Kraft discuss three vital topics in Israeli society: the Labor Party's decision to merge with a center-right party, Israel's Foreign Ministry shifting its diplomats' focus to promote Israeli companies over policies, and folk-singer Chava Alberstein adapting a protest song for advertising. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.