Will South Africa push back Israel’s charm offensive in Africa?

‘South Africa will boycott an Africa-Israel summit planned for the Togolese capital Lomé in October.
Pretoria’s ambassador in Beirut reportedly said that the summit was aimed at normalizing relations between African countries and what he termed an “occupation state.”
He also pledged support for efforts to urge other African states to do the same.
If South Africa follows through, it may indicate that it is ready to exert more diplomatic muscle to counter Israel’s influence.
Togo is inviting the governments of all 54 African states to the summit, but Palestinians, Morocco and South Africa are working to oppose it, Israeli sources told The Times of Israel.
In June, Morocco’s King Muhammad VI boycotted a summit in Liberia of the West African regional grouping ECOWAS because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited.
Netanyahu has described Togo’s willingness to host the upcoming summit as “the best testimony to the success of our policy, of Israel’s presence in Africa.”’
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