Abbas hopes to oust Hamas by a trick

Fatah will legislate national ballot instead of the current regional (majoritarian) balloting. Hamas, a banned organization, run in elections through nominal independents who, unknown outside their regions, cannot win in national elections. Hamas is likely to counter the move by registering an umbrella political organization. Fatah will react by allowing only a year-old (rather than newly formed) political parties to participate in elections. Hamas will go underground, as before, and continue guerrilla war. Hamas will not allow the rigged elections in Gaza and possibly conduct its own elections there, creating de facto three Palestinian states: Jordan, the West Bank, and Gaza.