(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Angry Palestinians gathered outside President Mahmoud Abbas' compound on Wednesday (November 21) to protest against U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's regional visit, attempting to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict.<br/> <br />The protesters chanted anti Clinton slogans: 'Hillary Clinton outside of Jerusalem and Ramallah', they chanted.<br/> <br />Clinton arrived in Ramallah, holding meetings with Abbas. The Ramallah visit came after an evening of meetings in Jerusalem with the Israeli leadership.<br/> <br />Like most Western powers, Washington shuns Hamas as an obstacle to peace and has blamed it for the Gaza conflagration.<br/> <br />A U.N. Security Council statement condemning the conflict was blocked on Tuesday by the United States, which complained that it "failed to address the root cause", the Palestinian rockets.
