JL;DR SUMMARY Nir Maman, a 47-year-old Israeli counter-terrorism expert living in Toronto, recounts his experiences serving on the front lines with the IDF in Hebron and Gaza amid intense conflict with Hamas, discussing the challenges surrounding Israel's response to the October 7th crisis. 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'.