After months of dropping hints in the media, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week finally laid out his “vision” for a “hexagon of alliances” — six alliances with various permutations but with Israel at their center. He said that this hexagon would be directed at “the radical Shiite axis” and “the emerging radical Sunni axis.” In remarks delivered on Feb. 22, he said: “We will create an entire system, essentially a ‘hexagon’ of alliances around or within the Middle East.