JL;DR SUMMARY Following a Hezbollah rocket attack in the Golan Heights, the international community remains divided over the region's status, with Israel officially annexing the area in 1981, the US recognizing it in 2019, and most countries considering it Syrian territory under Israeli occupation. 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'.