benignuman: of course, no one knows what would have happened in different circumstances- this is pure lunacy. Howeve, allow me to say the following: During Rommmel’s advance towards Egypt and the Suez canal (and ultimately israel) the Allies were very pessimistic and did not think they would be able to stop him. The victory at El Alamein was a surprise and, if you believe in G-d’s providence, it was a gift “min hasomayim”. In that context, during those days, as the Yishuv was deadly worried about the German advance, Rav Herzog zz’l was consulted about tefillos and the like- and he is quoted as saying that “there is no indication anywhere in our tradition that there would be a third Churban in Eretz Yisroel” and thereby gave hope snd an assurance that things would end well, as it did.
As I have commented many times, no one can be faulted about the Holocaust except for the Nazis ym’s. However,it is a fallacy to say that the position of the Rabbonim in Europe before the war(not to leave Europe) was correct. It was not. Unfortunately, Chachomim are not infallibe and this goes for the present anti-zionism. They were wrong then and they are wrong now.