Marcher Claimed Images Were Not Hamas Paragliders but Symbols of ‘Liberation and Peace’

LONDON—One of the women accused of displaying paraglider images to show her support for Hamas at a pro-Palestine march in central London last year told police she thought it was a symbol which represented “liberation and peace.” Heba Alhayek, 29, Pauline Ankunda, 26, and Noimutu Olayinka Taiwo, 27, have gone on trial at Westminster magistrates court, where they deny carrying or displaying an article to arouse reasonable suspicion they are supporters of banned organisation Hamas, at a march through Whitehall on Oct. 14, 2023. Hamas used paragliders as part of its Oct. 7 attacks across the Israeli border, in which 1,200 civilians and military personnel were killed....