The David Hunter Perspective - 2022-11-02

Read on for today's agenda below prepared by David (thank you very much). - Retired US Diplomat to 5 different nations  David Hunter shares his knowledge, passion, interest, and experience.

1)  Israel Is Having It's Fifth Election in Four Years?:  Israel seems to be in seriously unstable condition.  It can't keep a coalition government in office more than a year.  The last one was a grouping of moderate, right wing, and Arab parties.  It collapsed and Yar Lapid, the Foreign Minister, was 'caretaker' until new elections held this Tuesday.  Benjamin Netanyahu has formed a bloc with Far Right Zionist parties and could win  the election.  What will happen next?

2)  How Important is Ukraine's Wheat in World Supply?:  Russia is now reversing it's earlier agreement to allow Ukraine grains to be exported.  Much goes to needy nations of Africa, so this blockade may lead to massive starvation.  But Putin claims Ukraine is not supplying grain to needy countries, just rich EU nations.   Is this situation solvable? What other nations are capable of making up Ukraine's shortfall?

3) Is North Korea  A Nuclear Weapons State?:  In 2018 and 2019,  Pres. Trump arranged to meet at two 'summits' with  NK leader Kim Jung Un to discuss 'denuclearization' of North Korea.   Those meetings-- while providing photo ops and legitimizing NK's leader--- did not  produce progress towards denuclearization.  Three years later, Kim is now expected to do a  new nuclear bomb test.   What is going on here?

4)  What Is The Result of Brazil's Presidency Race?:  Last Sunday, the far-right conservative President Jair Bolsanaro was neck in neck with socialist Lula de Silva for race to rule the fifth most populous nation on earth, Brazil.  It's more that 200 million citizens are split down the middle,  with the poor and minorities supporting de Silva, and the rich ranchers and miners backing Bolsanaro. Who won?   Why does it matter to us?

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