What if Gamal Abdel Nasser achieved her goals and dreams?

It might be possible to disguise the numbers, but not easy at all. The main reason Israel completely failed to notice the 1973 assault was because Sadat was not Nasser, and they didn't believe he had the intent or the determination to fight a new war.. Thus they completely ignored all signs of a military buildup until the Egyptians broke through the Bar Lev line. Had Nasser been alive in 1973, it could have ended differently.

Hell if Nasser decided to not block the traits and expel the UN force Israel may not know about the military buildup. Of course Nasser could disguise this, but yet again this is before the 1967 war gave Israel too much overconfidence that got shattered by the Arab states in 1973.
 
There's also the minor problem that even if they win, the UAR can't win, because Israel will GLEEFULLY glass every major city in range in the UAR if their end is near. The best they can achieve is white peace, or minor territorial revisions.
 
There's also the minor problem that even if they win, the UAR can't win, because Israel will GLEEFULLY glass every major city in range in the UAR if their end is near. The best they can achieve is white peace, or minor territorial revisions.

Most likely small annexations of Israel. Either areas with a great Arab majority or small border areas of desert where almost nobody lives.
 
It might be possible to disguise the numbers, but not easy at all. The main reason Israel completely failed to notice the 1973 assault was because Sadat was not Nasser, and they didn't believe he had the intent or the determination to fight a new war..

Actually, Sadat had been threatening war since 1971--Israel in fact mobilized in May 1973. I think the main Israeli problem was not a dismissal of Sadat but Zeira, who on the basis of the May experience didn't think war would break out.
 
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