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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/u-s-letter-to-set-out-views-to-pm-qureia-1.121733
The Eiland Plan: Attach Parts of Sinai to the Gaza Strip
(Ha'aretz) Nathan Guttman and Aluf Benn - According to Yediot Ahronot, the head of the National Security Council, Giora Eiland, presented a comprehensive regional plan to the U.S. a few weeks ago calling for Egypt to transfer 600 square kilometers of territory in northern Sinai (the former Yamit region) to the Palestinians in order to expand the Gaza Strip. In exchange, Israel would transfer 200 square kilometers in the Negev highlands in the area of Paran, to Egypt, which in return would be allowed to build a tunnel between the Sinai and Jordan.