“I wonder if Obamas church gives/gave money to the PLO, Hamas, etc. Are those types of things public record?”
I don’t know about that Church giving to the PLO, etc., but in 2000 prior to their establishment as a “Group” (Apparently “change” happened in 2001) I read at the Int’l A-N-S-W-E-R site the donor acknowledgement list which included names easily profiled, as well seemingly every AME Church in the U.S. At that time they also acknowledged association with the World Communist Party.
Several years ago I wanted to grab that list of donors for reference, but it wasn’t displayed anymore. I went back recently to see if I could scrounge it up anywhere on the site, but it’s gone. I couldn’t find the acknowledgment of association with the World Communist Party anymore there either.
You may want to try the Way back machine at this site http://www.archive.org/index.php