Palestinian refugee Khaled Hajsaad who wore headband supporting Hamas is not actually a Hamas supporter, says his lawyer

A Palestinian-born asylum seeker who wore a green headband supporting Hamas at a Trafalgar Square protest has been spared punishment. Tunisian Khaled Hajsaad, 25, wore the headband as 45,000 pro-Palestinian protestors marched through London calling for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on 25 November 2023. He was convicted of wearing an article supporting a proscribed organisation under the Terrorism Act, 2000. Hajsaad had denied the charge and claimed that his green headband with a ‘Shahada’ on it was…