Meeting in Bahrain on Sunday, Arab leaders called for the deployment of "an international protection force and a UN peacekeeping force in the occupied Palestinian territories" until a two-state solution – Israel and Palestine – is implemented. The Bahrain Declaration also urged countries to "take immediate action and communicate with their counterparts around the world to urge them to quickly recognise the State of Palestine". These meetings should begin discussions on "how to take these steps so that the State of Palestine can be admitted to the United Nations". Last week, the UN General Assembly – with Portugal's favourable vote – approved a resolution that grants Palestine "additional rights and privileges" and calls on the Security Council to reconsider its request for full membership in the organisation favourably, after the United States vetoed this possibility last month. On the other hand, the resolution includes an extension of a "collective invitation for an international conference under the auspices of the United Nations" to "resolve the Palestinian cause in accordance with the two-state solution". The leaders of the pan-Arab organisation also stressed the need to "set a time frame for the political process" and negotiate the implementation of the two-state solution, despite the major disagreements on the layout of the Israeli-Palestinian borders. The ultimate goal of the Palestinian State is to "live in peace and security side by side with Israel", states the document drafted at the end of the summit in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. The document states that the Palestinian State will be formed "by the territories prior to 4 June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital", also stipulating "the end of any occupation presence" and holding Israel responsible "for the destruction of cities and civilian facilities in the Gaza Strip", the scene of a war between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas for over seven months. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a long-standing opponent of the creation of a Palestinian State, which the US administration and the member states of the European Union (EU) consider to be the only long-term solution to the conflict. The Arab leaders also called on the Palestinian factions to unite "under the banner of the Palestine Liberation Organization" (PLO), described as "the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people". The participants in the summit condemned the attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden by Houthi rebels in Yemen, stating that they are committed to the "right to navigation" in the region's seas. With regard to Sudan, the summit called for peace, inviting the army and paramilitary forces to engage in a process designed to end the conflict that began over a year ago. Read Also: Arab League condemns attacks by Israeli settlers in the West Bank (Portuguese version)