Interlocking electricity grids could save Israelis and Arabs millions of dollars.

Linking the Red Sea and the Dead Sea would benefit transport and tourism in Israel and Jordan. Desalination plants could line the canal.

A deep-water facility in Gaza would allow Palestinians to import and export without going through cumbersome Israeli trade controls.

A free-travel region along the Gulf of Aqaba would remove barriers between Egypt, Israel and Jordan to help attract tourists.

Travelers would be able to drive from Egypt straight through to Turkey.

Israelis and Arabs could cooperate in cloud-seeding programs, bringing more rainfall to the parched Middle East.