The Middle East continues to be one of the most dynamic regions of the world. On the one hand, it directly and indirectly influences not only the policies of regional countries but also those of the global powers.

On the other hand, any change in the domestic political settings of global actors, such as the United States, directly influences the foreign policies of the Middle East's regional countries.

The latest Israeli military attacks against the Palestinian people are but the most recent development to significantly change the regional balance of power.

First of all, the Israeli attacks have damaged the Israeli consolidated regional supremacy established after the Arab Spring. When the political authority and the state structure of the traditional states that were known as the main carriers of Arab nationalism, such as Syria, Iraq and Yemen, collapsed after the Arab Spring, Israel unexpectedly found itself in a much more secure environment.

The two Gulf states, namely the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, which emerged as the new leaders of the Arab world, collaborated with the Israeli state.

The UAE has remained the only close partner of Israel; Egypt and Saudi Arabia have begun to follow a more balanced policy. After the most recent Israeli attacks, Arabs have begun to take the Palestinian cause into consideration.

'The orb alliance'

Second, the "orb alliance" established by former U.S. President Donald Trump's administration with Saudi King Salman and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi disintegrated. The orb alliance and the following developments clinched the pro-Israeli alliance and the new regional balance of power.

The Trump administration gave carte blanche to the members of the orb alliance, which paved the way for many illegal and illegitimate developments, such as: