Three hours later the world learns that Cairo, Baghdad, Damascus, Tehran, Riyadh, Beirut, Mecca, Kabul, and Karachi no longer exist. Small tactical nuclear weapons are used against the massed troops of Syria and Egypt. With great difficulty, Israel survives, and sweeps the enemy from her land. Israel's death toll reaches 500,000 with many more wounded. Half the country is uninhabitable due to anthrax and radiation poisoning.
Cancer rates soar as a result of radiation in the atmosphere.
Opposition to the Golan give away grows. Even the security wing of what used to be the Labor Party have doubts about the wisdom of this move. Before negotiations reach a conclusion, the Knesset brings down the Barak government. New elections are held. Labor and Meretz form an alliance with the pro-PLO Arab parties, promising them an end to the Jewish nature of Israel.