Fear of Space War Aligns Regional States with Trump’s Gaza Plan

Israel's historic strike on Doha reverberated across the region, compelling leaders to succumb to Washington's Gaza peace plan.

The dynamics of a regional “space war” may explain the shifting stances of Arab and Muslim leaders regarding Gaza. Eight Arab and Muslim-majority nations have endorsed a US-proposed peace agreement for Gaza, based on the ‘Abraham Shield Plan’. This accord appears to have been hastened by Israel’s recent strike on Doha, which breached Qatar’s sovereignty, and by Netanyahu’s subsequent address to the United Nations General Assembly, where he cautioned that leaders who fail to align with his regional vision risk assassination. These threats are reinforced by tacit remarks from the US Ambassador to Türkiye, Tom Barracks, which similarly threaten to destabilise regional regimes. Collectively, these developments highlight the space-war dimension of the regional conflict that has been unfolding since 7 October, a trajectory we have consistently analysed and anticipated from the outset: from Starlink’s gradual rollout to the launch of space-based weapons.