The Yinon Plan refers to an article published in February 1982 in the Hebrew journal Kivunim ("Directions") entitled 'A Strategy for Israel in the 1980s'.[1] The article was penned by Oded Yinon, reputedly a former advisor to Ariel Sharon,[2] a former senior official with the Israeli Foreign Ministry[3][4][5][6] and journalist for The Jerusalem Post.[7]