An Egyptian newspaper is blaming Israel for the recent crash of EgyptAir Flight 990. “I am certain that Israel’s fingers are not far away,” the editor of Al Wafd wrote in a front-page column. “When Israel finds an `Egyptian gift’ of 33 Egyptian military officers from all branches on one civilian plane and who just ended their training in the United States, it will not miss this opportunity.”
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