Joe Biden intends to appoint William Burns as CIA chief.In a statement shared by CNN, Biden said, "The American people will sleep soundly with him as our next CIA Director.""Bill Burns is an exemplary diplomat with decades of experience In the world stage keeping our people and our country safe and secure," Biden said. "He shares my profound belief that intelligence must be apolitical and that the dedicated intelligence professionals serving our nation deserve our gratitude and respect."If confirmed, Burns would be the first career diplomat to head the CIA.

Cabinet meeting tomorrow at 6 pm

PM Netanyahu instructed gov't to go ahead with planned building of housing units in a number of Judea & Samaria communities.

Attorney Yehuda Shimon pushes back In accusations he attacked IDF officer, says he was the Ine who was assaulted.

A Chinese official today denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women, following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington claiming that government polices had freed women of the Uighur ethnic group from being "baby-making machines," reports Newsmax.Xu Guixiang, a deputy spokesperson for the Xinjiang regional government, told reporters Monday that birth control decisions were made of the person"s own free will and that "no organization or individual can interfere."An Associated Press investigation in June found the Chinese government was forcing birth control measures In Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, including IUD fittings, contraceptives, and abortions and sterilizations.

Defense Minister, Justice Minister, Alternate Prime Minister, and Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz will hold a press conference tonight (Monday) at 20:00.

Area residents were instructed to enter houses and close windows for fear of infiltration.

IDF Lt Reut Sapir says that she and her soldiers try to live up to their reputation