Several problems with this:
1. While Sadat, Hussein, and some other Arab leaders might have been quite willing to live with an Israel inside the pre-6 day war borders, many Arab leaders were not and/or were certainly unwilling to accept any "Israel" publicly. If the Egyptians are truly winning, not just a tactical birdgehead along the canal of limited depth, there will be huge pressure on them to keep going and Syria will certainly pile on (Israel would have to weaken the front there to move forces south), and even Jordan might join in if for no other reason than to decide how much of the West Bank it might keep as a buffer and perhaps a chunk of Jerusalem.
2. The Israelis are not nuke happy, on the other hand if they are truly losing, and the cry across the Arab world is to push the victory to the point of "Jews in the sea" (which IMHO a serious military victory early on would result in), they know exactly what would happen. After the initial spate of killings, rapes, and lootings, the vast majority of the Jewish population of Israel would be expelled with the clothes on their backs and little more. Perhaps those who could trace their residence in "Palestine" to Ottoman times might be allowed to stay, a small percentage at best. This is unacceptable so...
3. The USA will not go to war with the USSR even if the Soviets keep their hands folded while violent ethnic cleansing goes on it what used to be Israel. The USA won't go to war with the USSR even if they airlift supplies to Egypt so the Egyptians can keep their offensive going. The USA won't go to war with the USSR even if Soviet advisors and technicians are openly flying aircraft or operating missile batteries, and "unknown" submarines are blockading the Israeli coast (as long as no US/NATO flag merchants are sunk). Frankly if the USSR was to use a few big nukes and turn Israel in to glowing green glass (trinitite) the USA would not go to war with the USSR - sure relations would nosedive and things would get nasty but war, no.
4. Other than as peacekeepers to supervise the evacuation of Jews, no US troops will be sent in, and you can be 110% sure no NATO troops would be except as blue helmets with unloaded weapons. Frankly if the USSR was to use just a few nukes on Israel and turn the whole place in to radioac
5. No meaningful union of other Arab states with Egypt will occur, except that which is forced by the Egyptian military. None of the other Arab leaders would be willing to play second banana to whomever is running Egypt, as it is a lot of Arabs elsewhere find Egyptians "overbearing" and too big for their britches. Egypt might take part of Sudan, but actual union with Libya or anyone else voluntarily - nope.
Note: The scenario in #2 was the stated policy of the bulk of the Arab countries in 1973, and remains the stated policy of some of them (as well as Hizbollah, Hamas, and the PA) to this day. Now you could argue that this is mere rhetoric for the masses, however history (and not just of the Holocaust) shows that when somebody makes these sorts of threats you need to take them seriously, because usually they do mean it
1. While Sadat, Hussein, and some other Arab leaders might have been quite willing to live with an Israel inside the pre-6 day war borders, many Arab leaders were not and/or were certainly unwilling to accept any "Israel" publicly. If the Egyptians are truly winning, not just a tactical birdgehead along the canal of limited depth, there will be huge pressure on them to keep going and Syria will certainly pile on (Israel would have to weaken the front there to move forces south), and even Jordan might join in if for no other reason than to decide how much of the West Bank it might keep as a buffer and perhaps a chunk of Jerusalem.
2. The Israelis are not nuke happy, on the other hand if they are truly losing, and the cry across the Arab world is to push the victory to the point of "Jews in the sea" (which IMHO a serious military victory early on would result in), they know exactly what would happen. After the initial spate of killings, rapes, and lootings, the vast majority of the Jewish population of Israel would be expelled with the clothes on their backs and little more. Perhaps those who could trace their residence in "Palestine" to Ottoman times might be allowed to stay, a small percentage at best. This is unacceptable so...
3. The USA will not go to war with the USSR even if the Soviets keep their hands folded while violent ethnic cleansing goes on it what used to be Israel. The USA won't go to war with the USSR even if they airlift supplies to Egypt so the Egyptians can keep their offensive going. The USA won't go to war with the USSR even if Soviet advisors and technicians are openly flying aircraft or operating missile batteries, and "unknown" submarines are blockading the Israeli coast (as long as no US/NATO flag merchants are sunk). Frankly if the USSR was to use a few big nukes and turn Israel in to glowing green glass (trinitite) the USA would not go to war with the USSR - sure relations would nosedive and things would get nasty but war, no.
4. Other than as peacekeepers to supervise the evacuation of Jews, no US troops will be sent in, and you can be 110% sure no NATO troops would be except as blue helmets with unloaded weapons. Frankly if the USSR was to use just a few nukes on Israel and turn the whole place in to radioac
5. No meaningful union of other Arab states with Egypt will occur, except that which is forced by the Egyptian military. None of the other Arab leaders would be willing to play second banana to whomever is running Egypt, as it is a lot of Arabs elsewhere find Egyptians "overbearing" and too big for their britches. Egypt might take part of Sudan, but actual union with Libya or anyone else voluntarily - nope.
Note: The scenario in #2 was the stated policy of the bulk of the Arab countries in 1973, and remains the stated policy of some of them (as well as Hizbollah, Hamas, and the PA) to this day. Now you could argue that this is mere rhetoric for the masses, however history (and not just of the Holocaust) shows that when somebody makes these sorts of threats you need to take them seriously, because usually they do mean it