JL;DR SUMMARY The U.S. Congress has seen a new development with the establishment of the Friends of Judea and Samaria Caucus by Republican leaders, aiming to shift U.S. policy towards supporting Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank, referred to biblically as Judea and Samaria. 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'.