premise: The West, which considers Hamas a terrorist organization, froze all direct aid to the Palestinian government after the Islamists formed a cabinet in March, and is demanding that the movement recognize Israel, renounce violence and agree to past peace deals for the badly-needed funds to resume.
  "We will neither recognize Israel nor the (peace) agreements," Radwan cried. "We demand a return to the negotiations table" to form a government of national unity.
  In calling for early elections, Abbas left the door open to forming a coalition government with Hamas and avoiding the polls.
  Abbas's call came after a week of rising tensions and violence between his Fatah party and Hamas, and followed the collapse of months-long talks on forming a national unity government.
   What would happen if the months-long talks did not collapse?
hypothesis: forming a national unity government