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Prior to Camp David, the Israeli plan in the Sinai had been to return the western third to Egypt, hand the central portion to the UN, and keep the eastern third from El Arish to Sharm el-Sheikh for Israel (thus guaranteeing Israel pretty free access out of the Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba and more buffer space).

What if the Sinai had been divided in two along an El-Arish/Sharm el-Sheikh line, with the UN buffer zone thus being in both Israel and Egypt, rather than returned to Egypt in full?

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