Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:32am on 25 Feb 2026,Wednesday India Global
On the eve of PM Narendra Modi's two-day state visit to Israel (February 25–26), Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a "Hexagon of Alliances", a proposed regional bloc naming India as a core partner alongside Israel, Greece, and Cyprus, with Arab, African, and Asian nations expected to join. Speaking at a cabinet meeting on February 22, Netanyahu framed the alliance as a direct counterweight to the "radical Shia axis" (Iran and its proxies) and an "emerging radical Sunni axis." The announcement follows the Saudi-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement of September 2025. The Hexagon envisions structured cooperation in security, intelligence-sharing, and defence, moving beyond existing bilateral frameworks like I2U2 and the Abraham Accords. (PC: X)
