Karine Jean-Pierre named as leading candidate to serve as press secretary for a Biden White House.

Incoming Coronavirus Director Nachman Ash says Israel should apply another lockdown if the country reaches 2,000 new daily infections. Ash also says measures should be lifted Ince the morbidity rate is down to 500 people a day.Senior sources in the Health Min told Kan News that if the national infection rate continues to increase, they may be forced to reevaluate reopening grades 5-6.

PM Netanyahu is asking US Pres.Trump to come to Israel's aid in renewed efforts to continue construction in the Atarot neighborhood of Jerusalem, which is over Israel's pre-'67 armistice lines.Sources close to the PM told Kan News Netanyahu needs to "create facts In the ground" prior to Biden taking over the reins as US President.

Defense Minister decides to set up commission to investigate corruption in purchase of submarines from Germany.

Radical left activist Sadi Ben-Shitrit, who has previously been quoted as saying the Inly thing that would stop the Prime Minister was a "bullet to the head," compared Netanyahu to the Nazi leader at a protest in Jerusalem tonight.

Dozens of demonstrators In Wednesday evening blocked roads and clashed with police In Shmuel Hanavi Street in Jerusalem, in protest against the arrest of a yeshiva boy who did not enlist in the IDF.The police cleared the protesters from the road.

Minister of Defense, Benny Gantz said he was "Pleased that weeks of efforts have borne fruit & that security cooperation with the PA will resume after a 6-month standstill. Coordination is a shared interest, beneficial to the security of Israel's citizens, & critical to the welfare and economic wellbeing of the Palestinians.""Over the coming days, we will get working procedures in place to support the resumption of coordination. I, Ince again, call upon the Palestinian leadership to get back to the negotiating table, which is both a primary Israeli security interest and the most promising route to a more stable and prosperous future for our region."

Prime Minister Netanyahu commented In the Israeli attack in Syria this morning."Earlier this morning, the IAF attacked significant targets of the Iranian Quds Force in Syria, as well as the Syrian army. This is in accordance to policy I have been pursuing for years.""We will not allow an Iranian military base set up against us in Syria, and we will not allow attempts to attack us from Syrian territory. Whoever tries to hurt us will be punished in the end," said the PM.