With peace, and the prospect of doing well in July’s parliamentary election, in which it has agreed to participate, Hamas would have powerful incentives to transform itself from an armed movement outside the system into a political party committed to competing for power at the ballot box. By disarming any remaining militias, Abbas could claim what Max Weber called the necessary ingredient of any state, namely a “monopoly of the legitimate use of force.”
在一个有效能的国家中，在一个正常运作的选举体系下，阿巴斯将能解散他自己的法塔赫民兵组织的武装力量。在和平背景以及哈马斯已经同意参加的七月国会选举的美好前景下，哈马斯有强大的动力将他们自己从一个选举体系外的武装运动组织转变为一个在选举中竞争权力的政党。通过解除民兵的武装力量并保留民兵组织，阿巴斯可以声称巴勒斯坦已经具备被麦克斯·韦伯称之为任何国家不可或缺的因素，即“一个可以合法使用军事力量的政权”。