CAIRO, 11th June, 2017 (WAM) -- The Council of the Arab League is holding an extraordinary meeting on Monday at the level of permanent representatives to discuss how to confront the growing Israeli infiltration into the African continent.

This session is being held upon the request of Palestine and with the consent of several Arab countries.

The meeting will discuss ways of tackling the Israeli attempts to win over African countries in favour of the Palestinian issue in the continent. This comes amid preparations by Tel Aviv to organise an AfricanIsraeli summit in Togo next October.

The participants will focus on promotion of Arab cooperation with the African Union to revamp the Palestinian issue in the African continent. They will also urge African countries not to participate in any IsraeliAfrican conference.

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