"He says, "A special tribute came from Khalidi's friend and frequent dinner companion, the young State Senator Barack Obama... Obama reminisced about meals prepared by Khalidi's wife... and conversations that had challenged his thinking."
"Obama reminisced about meals prepared by Khalidi's wife..."
"In the commercial the narrator tells viewers: "Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, doesn't pose a serious threat. Terrorism? Destroying Israel? Those aren't serious threats?"
But in addition to the McCain ad, there is the question of Obama's ties to friends of Yasser Arafat raised in the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper has a video, which it is not releasing, of Obama partying and toasting a friend, Rashid Khalidi, who was once a spokesman for the Palestinian Liberation Organization and is now a Columbia professor.
The newspaper reported that during the Khalidi party, "a young Palestinian American woman recited a poem accusing the Israeli government of terrorism in its treatment of Palestinians," and she sharply criticized U.S. support for Israel. If Palestinians cannot save their own land, she said, "then you will never see a day of peace."
"Why isn't the truth being told to the American people so they can really know what the relationship was between Sen. Obama and Rashid Khalidi?" asked New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn). "
"CHICAGO -- It was a celebration of Palestinian culture -- a night of music, dancing and a dash of politics. Local Arab Americans were bidding farewell to Rashid Khalidi, an internationally known scholar, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights, who was leaving town for a job in New York.
A special tribute came from Khalidi's friend and frequent dinner companion, the young state Sen. Barack Obama. Speaking to the crowd, Obama reminisced about meals prepared by Khalidi's wife, Mona, and conversations that had challenged his thinking."
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