The Soviet Union supplied the bulk of the weaponry that Israel used to fight the 1948 Arab–Israeli war. Israeli Prime Minister Ben-Gurion went so far as to say that Soviet weapons deal “saved the country... without it, I very much doubt we could have survived the first month”.
What if Stalin decided not to arm Israel, Stalin soured toward Israel later IOTL so it's not all that farfetched. Does the Israeli war effort collapse as per Ben-Gurion's predictions? What happens to the former British Palestine? Is there a UN style partition, no Israel at all, etc. etc.
What if Stalin decided not to arm Israel, Stalin soured toward Israel later IOTL so it's not all that farfetched. Does the Israeli war effort collapse as per Ben-Gurion's predictions? What happens to the former British Palestine? Is there a UN style partition, no Israel at all, etc. etc.
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