Hamas targets Ma'an in media tirade

[oberliner]

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The Hamas-run Al-Aqsa satellite channel on Saturday dedicated a one hour talk show to criticizing Ma'an News Agency and its senior employees.

Former chief of Hamas media, Hasan Abu Hashish, presenter Raji al-Hums, and an unknown Jordanian journalist claimed that Ma'an's editor-in-chief Nasser Lahham worked for the Palestinian Authority's preventative security services.

The channel also claimed that the general manager of Ma'an's satellite channel, Muhammad Faraj, ran Ma'an like a security cell working for PA intelligence, and said that the chairwoman of Ma'an's board of directors, Nibal Thawbta, was "suspicious."

The Hamas affiliated channel also criticized Egyptian journalists Ashraf Abu al-Houl and Ashraf Sweilam, claiming they both work for Egyptian intelligence.

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