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IOTL, the Jewish Agency (and later the state of Israel) made extensive purchases of weapons and ammunition ahead of, and during the 1948 war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_shipments_from_Czechoslovakia_to_Israel_1947–49

If, for whatever reason, the Czechoslovakians were unwilling to sell, how would this impact Israel's ability to prosecute the 1948 war? Could it result in a smaller Israel, or a total Israeli defeat? (and if the former, would this smaller Israel be in any position to resist the Arab states in a future war)
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