In the elections held in the Palestinian territories in 2006, the people there
A) elected the secular Fatah movement into power on a platform of settlement with Israel through negotiation and coexistence.
B) elected the Islamist Hamas party into power on a platform that called for the destruction of Israel and the formation of an Islamist Palestinian state.
C) elected both Fatah and Hamas candidates with no clear majority.
D) elected neither Fatah or Hamas, as they voted in an absolute monarchy.
E) did not hold an election.
B
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