Hundreds of Palestinians marched in the West Bank city of Nablus Thursday, protesting recent U.S. veto that blocked a bill condemning Jewish settlement.
The demonstrators also called for Palestinian unity and reconciliation between Gaza's Hamas rulers and President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party.
The protesters took to the streets of Nablus, holding Palestinian flags and banners against the split, which widened when Hamas routed pro-Abbas forces and took over Gaza in 2007.
Other banners bore slogans against the United States, which used the veto against the Arab-endorsed draft resolution on Friday.
"People want to end split!" "People want to end occupation!" and "the American veto is a proof of U.S. bias to Israel!" the banner read.
They also burnt an Israeli flag and a picture of U.S. President Barack Obama.
Fourteen members of the United Nations Security Council supported the resolution which was blocked by the U.S. envoy. The decision calls on Israel to stop building settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and condemns the construction.
The resumption of settlement activities in September caused U.S. -brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians to stop. "There must be an alternative to the negotiations which have proved their failure now," said Zahi Al-Shashtari, an official from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.