I read in a paper this morning about a second Suez Canal being proposed, a "B" Canal running along the Israel and Egypt borders. The story also mentioned how such a scheme would slightly lower the level of the Mediterranean leading to longer and wider beaches.
The engineering bit of my mind got quite excited but then, much later I remembered the had Missus casually mentioned today was April 1st when I left for work.
Can't find anything about it on the internet