In Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro has tacitly accepted that he lost the presidential run-off election. Without mentioning his conqueror, Lula da Silva by name, he has assured that there will be a peaceful handover. This in spite of factors more favourable to a seizure of power than were available to Trump when his supporters stormed the Capitol. He probably calculates that, as a relatively young man in presidential terms, time is on his side but let us be thankful for a rare peaceful transition.
On Tuesday, there was a general election in Denmark. Social democratic and moderate parties in narrowly resisted the threat from more extremist parties to look to remain in power.
On the same day, the reverse occurred in Israel. The hope that a wide-ranging coalition government would continue and eventually reduce the tension there was snuffed out. Likud, led by a man who faces serious criminal charges, looks like being returned to power with the support of "far-right politicians Itamar Ben-Gvir, who openly calls for armed violence against Palestinians, and Bezalel Smotrich, who are both part of Israel’s Religious Zionism alliance. Ben Gvir has advocated for Palestinians in Israel to undergo 'loyalty tests', with those deemed 'disloyal' expelled from their ancestral homeland." (from al Jazeera)'s report) Ben-Gvir's party will be the third most numerous in the Knesset. There has been violent repression of minority groups in Israel under what was apparently a moderate government. Worse will probably come if such violence is officially sanctioned.
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