JL;DR SUMMARY Yair Golan, a former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff and current Member of the Knesset, discusses Israeli politics, the future of Israel with the Palestinians, and the legacy of Yitzhak Rabin in an interview before his keynote address at Israel Policy Forum's Annual Event in New York City. 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'.