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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu congratulated Prof. Ronni Gamzu being appointed to the position of coronavirus project manager."I decided to appoint the director of Ichilov Hospital, Professor Ronni Gamzu, to the position of national coronavirus project manager. Ronni has many years of managerial experience in the healthcare system, having previously also served as Director General of the Ministry of Health and established the 'Protecting Fathers and Mothers' project to protect senior citizens from coronavirus. We will work together and win. Good luck Ronni!" Netanyahu tweeted.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz held a consultation this morning with the government's new coronavirus coordinator, Professor Ronni Gamzu."The entire defense establishment is mobilized to deal with the battle against the epidemic," Gantz told Gamzu.

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein admitted today that he was partially responsible for the government's delay in appointing a project manager for the government's coronavirus response."I apologize to Israeli citizens that it took us more than two weeks to appoint a project manager, and I accept upon myself some of the responsibility for the delay," he told Galei Tzahal.Edelstein added that, "I don't want to talk about the negotiations we conducted with other candidates for the position - who were all excellent. We talked with [Professor Gabi] Barbash as well as with others."Barbash was the government's original pick for the position, but eventually turned it down, allegedly due to disagreements over the limits of his authority if he were to accept the post.

13 demonstrators were arrested during a haredi protest in Jerusalem Wednesday night.The arrests followed riots at the scene, which included setting fire to garbage cans in the center of the road and rolling them towards police officers, as well as blocking traffic.

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that coronavirus cases among young Americans first started to rise "shortly after demonstrations." He said the protests following the death of George Floyd "presumably triggered a broader relaxation of mitigation efforts nationwide."He added that a "substantial increase in travel" around Memorial Day and summer vacations was also a driver of new cases.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid Wednesday night criticized the government over the approval of the Coronavirus Law in the Knesset."Public confidence in the government is shattered, there is still no project director, the economic plan is unclear, the guidelines are unclear and the self-employed are collapsing. The Israeli government tonight gave up its most important partner in dealing with the coronavirus crisis - the Knesset of Israel. This is how it looks when the law haunts the Prime Minister," Lapid wrote his Twitter account.

A member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security Committee, Javad Karimi Qoddousi, said Wednesday that the blast at Iran's main nuclear establishment in Natanz July 2 was caused by a "security breach", Radio Farda reports.He strictly ruled out "a strike the complex by an external object" and added, "If it was from the outside, we should have seen shrapnel, but there are absolutely no remnants left the site."