NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 5/4/2020

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH SERVICE CONCLUDED AT 930 PM EASTERN US TIME)

ISRAELI AIR STRIKES IN SYRIA TONIGHT NEAR ALEPPO.    SYRIA SAYS MISSILES WERE AIMED AT A MILITARY STORAGE FACILITY AND A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CENTER.     AIR DEFENSES ACTIVATED TO REPEL THE ATTACKS.  NO IMMEDIATE WORD ON ANY DAMAGE......TASS NEWS STORY....THE PRO-OPPOSITION SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SPEAKS OF IRANIAN POSITIONS BEING HIT....SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY STORY

Israel's High Court expected to rule by the end of the week on whether an indicted member of Parliament can form a government and on the legality of the deal  between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party and former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz's Blue and White Party on a national unity government.    The court hearing a second day of arguments today.   The court's rulings could set the stage for the fourth election in Israel within a period of just over a year......ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY PUBLISHED BY YNET NEWS ISRAEL

PERU'S OPPOSITION LEADER KEIKO FUJIMORI RELEASED FROM PRISON TODAY WHERE SHE WAS BEING HELD ON PRE-TRIAL DETENTION.  FUJIMORI ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION WAS GRANTED BAIL OF 20-THOUSAND DOLLARS BY A JUDGE FOUR DAYS AGO.  FUJIMORI SAID SHE WAS GETTING A CORONAVIRUS TEST FIRST THING AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM A WOMEN'S PRISON......AFP NEWS AGENCY STORY-FRANCE 24

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro appointing a new federal police chief today after the country's Supreme Court shot down his previous pick.    The former Justice Minister Sergio Moro accusing Bolsonaro of interfering in police investigations....VOICE OF AMERICA NEWS STORY

The Secretary of the US Senate turning down a request from Joe Biden to search through records related to the sexual assualt allegation by former Biden staffer Tara Reade.     A statement says that federal law and Senate rules prohibit release of personnel and employment records to protect the privacy of those involved......BREITBART STORY

The ambassador of the Gulf oil kingdom of Qatar in Russia is denying reports of a coup in his country, saying videos posted on Telegram are fake news......TASS NEWS REPORT

President Trump striking an optimistic note appearing on Fox News Sunday night and saying:  "We are very confident" of a vaccine for Covid-19 by the end of this year.

Israeli health officials charting a course for decision making on regulated openings of some businesses with controls in the coming days........ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

SIX ARE DEAD IN A PLANE CRASH IN SOMALIA.   THE PLANE CARRYING AID SUPPLIES TO FIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS CRASHED IN THE 'SOUTHERN BAY REGION' WHEN IT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT THE TOWN OF BARDALE....AL JAZEERA QATAR NEWS STORY

A HEAVILY REGULATED 'REOPENING' OF BUSINESS UNVEILED BY CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM TODAY.     NEWSOM RESPONDING IN THE FACE OF PROTESTS ACROSS THE STATE IN THE LAST WEEK AND THE MOVES OF SOME NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES TO ALLOW BUSINESS TO OPEN UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS IN VIOLATION OF NEWSOM'S 'STAY AT HOME' ORDER.........THE GUARDIAN UK NEWS STORY

BBC News is reporting the coronavirus story from its perspective worldwide today on a blog......BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 5/4/2020

In other news a senior engineer who is a vice-president at Amazon calling its quits over the company's firing of people protesting its policies.     Tim Bray says there is a "vein of toxicity" running through the company......TECH CRUNCH STORY

AND AN EDITORIAL NOTE A SPECIAL 'UNPLUGGED' SEGMENT POSTED TODAY ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KENT STATE SHOOTINGS PLUS PLENTY OF MATERIAL RELATED TO THE 'DICTATORSHIP OF COVID 19'.......NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED DC 19 SPECIAL FOUR DEAD IN OHIO WAR LEADS TO SOCIALISM?

And that's the way it really is Monday May 4th, 2020.