As the Arab world fell apart after 2011, one way to navigate the new realities in the region was through the identification of ideological “camps”, at conflict with each other. While radical jihadists such as Islamic State (Da’esh), which was at the peak of its power a decade ago, are no longer real challengers for hegemony in the region, two other variations on the theme of Islamist totalitarianism – the Muslim Brotherhood camp, including Hamas, backed by Qatar and Turkey; and the Iranian revolutionary camp, and its proxies – are still actively seeking to overthrow the existing order, and to grow in power as the American role recedes. Facing both is the camp – loosely defined as the “camp of stability” – to which Israel belongs by right, and which acted together in foiling Iran’s attack on Israel (April 14, 2024). This mapping of the region lends the war in Gaza a broader significance: it is bound to have a long-term effect, insofar as the survival of Hamas would change the balance of power between the “camps”.