(AFP) Selim Saheb Ettaba - A publicity campaign undertaken by Gaza's Hamas government has plastered news of its achievements at road junctions, across newspapers, on the Internet and on radio. Under the slogan "We are building the nation," the Hamas PR campaign combines environmental responsibility with opposition to Israel. "A clean environment for the people of the resistance," proclaims one poster which shows a worker cleaning a beach. "We continued to build, despite the siege," says another which shows Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya wearing a construction worker's hard hat, poring over plans with architects. Omar Shaaban, an analyst with the Gaza-based think tank Palthink, says Hamas wants to burnish its image which has been tarnished by a severe power crisis and sharp price increases.
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