The British Role in Reengineering the Palestinian Cause
By: Khaled Ali | 29 May 2025
At a fateful moment for the Palestinian cause, a seemingly marginal figure in the public consciousness is coming to the fore—yet she holds a key to understanding dangerous transformations being orchestrated behind the scenes: Claire Hajaj, the Executive Director of the British organization Inter Mediate, a woman of Jewish background with Palestinian roots.
She is not merely a participant in “peacebuilding,” but rather a soft tool in a British project aimed at reconfiguring regional control mechanisms. At the forefront of this project is the political rehabilitation of Abu Mohammad al-Jolani—transforming him from the leader of a terrorist organization into a marketable international figure as a “de facto ruler” in Syria, and possibly even as a “president.
Claire Hajaj: Identity and Role
Claire Hajaj is the daughter of a Palestinian Muslim father and an Israeli Jewish mother. In Western circles, she is typically identified as a Jew of Palestinian origin—a complex identity that has been skillfully leveraged to present her as a cultural bridge between conflicting sides and as an effective actor in conflict zones.
But behind this “soft” façade, Hajaj plays a far more dangerous role. She heads Inter Mediate, an organization founded by Jonathan Powell, the former security advisor to Tony Blair. The group is closely tied to British intelligence (MI6) and has been accused of acting as a British arm to infiltrate armed movements and reengineer them politically under the guise of “conflict resolution.”
🧠 How Is al-Jolani Being Rebranded?
Documented reports—including studies by the Hudson Institute and Foreign Affairs magazine—indicate that Inter Mediate, under the direct supervision of Claire Hajaj, has held closed-door sessions with al-Jolani and his inner circle. These sessions included:
Training al-Jolani in diplomatic language and internationally acceptable terminology.
Steering him toward managing civilian institutions using principles of “good governance.”
Refining his media image to portray him as a “moderate” leader fit for the next phase.
Security sources confirm that Hajaj maintained direct contact with al-Jolani’s advisors as part of a broader plan for “leadership recycling,” positioning him to become the new face of Syria in a global system searching for new proxies.
🇵🇸 A Strategic Threat to the Palestinian Cause
But what does this transformation mean in the Palestinian context?
In short: A severe blow to the resistance camp.
The British project doesn’t merely aim to whitewash al-Jolani, but also to produce an alternative Sunni leadership that opposes resistance and participates in its isolation rather than supporting it. The outlines of this shift have already become clear:
Arrests of Palestinian figures in Damascus and its countryside.
Closures of resistance faction offices, including those of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Restrictions on the movements of Palestinian leaders who once found political refuge in Damascus.
Leaks suggesting indirect coordination with Western intelligence agencies.
Turning Damascus from a traditional stronghold of resistance into a capital subjected to a “British moderation narrative” means stripping the Palestinian cause of its Arab political cover and opening the gates to normalization—this time from within “the new Syria.”
🧨 Timing and Significance
This scenario is no coincidence. It is part of a redrawing of influence in the region following:
The Gaza war and the regional confusion it triggered.
The rapid pace of Arab normalization with Israel.
The official decline in support for resistance factions.
The open struggle for leadership of “Sunni Islam” in the region.
Within this landscape, al-Jolani emerges as a project for a “domesticated Sunni leader,” and Claire Hajaj appears as the architect of this transformation. She is not a peace mediator, but a designer of new allegiance maps. Key features of these maps include:
- Marginalization of the resistance.
- Securing Israel’s safety.
- Elimination of any ideological projects in the region.
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