2000 : (AAAN'S FOUNDERS RASHID & MONA KHALIDI HOLD FUNDRAISER FOR OBAMA CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN IN THEIR HOME-- ALBUNIMAH OF THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA ATTENDS ; See THE WOODS FUND) Rashid and Mona Khalidi anticipated Obama's generosity to AAAN [SEE 2001 & 2002] by holding a fundraiser in their house for Obama's unsuccessful run for Congress in 2000. It would seem that it later proved to be a profitable event for the Khalidis.[1]--------- "Barack Obama's Anti-Israel Alliances," by Rachel Neuwirth, Family Security Matters, October 24, 2008, http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1566/pub_detail.asp VIA http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/5917
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2000 : (KHALIDI'S HOME : FUNDRAISER IS HELD FOR OBAMA) ... Mr. Abunimah, an American citizen, Hyde Park resident and Princeton graduate, has also recalled Mr. and Mrs. Obama at a fundraiser held for the then-Congressional candidate Obama in 2000 at Rashid and Mona Khalidi's home, where Mr. Obama made convincing statements in support of the Palestinian cause. -------- "The Obama Files by John Batchelor," BY John Batchelor , HumanEvents.com, Monday, February 25, 2008
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2000 : (KHALIDIS HOLD FUNDRAISER FOR OBAMA; ALBUNIMAH OF THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA ATTENDS) ...But it was at the 2000 fundraiser at the home of Rashid and Mona Khalidi for Obama's failed 2000 run for Congress where Abunimah [ the "executive director" of The Electronic Intifada, which is the principal internet mouthpiece for the Palestinian terrorist movement in the United States] says he "had a chance to really talk to [Obama]. It was an intimate setting. He convinced me he was very aware of the issues [and] critical of U.S. bias toward Israel and lack of sensitivity to Arabs. ... He was very supportive of U.S. pressure on Israel." "On that occasion and others," according to Abunimah, "Obama was forthright in his criticism of U.S. policy and his call for an even-handed approach to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict." Obama was "quite frank that the U.S. needed to be more evenhanded, that it leaned too much toward Israel." He was also "very comfortable in speaking up for and being associated with Palestinian rights and opposing the Israeli occupation." -------(Excerpt) Read more at campus-watch.org -----Barack Obama's Anti-Israel Alliances [incl. Rashid Khalidi] by Rachel Neuwirth, Family Security Matters, October 24, 2008, http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1566/pub_detail.asp VIA http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/5917
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2000 : (PLO OPERATIVE / AAAN COFOUNDER R KHALIDI THROWS FUNDRAISER FOR OBAMA) In 2000, Rashid Khalidi, a former PLO operative who justified Palestinian terrorism as contributing to “political enlightenment,” threw a fundraiser for his friend Barack Obama. http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/10/confirmed-msm-holds-video-of-barack.html 47 posted on Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:49:41 AM by kcvl | To 1
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Charles Gibson Fox News video of 0bama denying any relationship. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=44369945 48 posted on Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:57:29 AM by Islander7 | To 1
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www.abunimah.org54 posted on 07/09/2003 11:02 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs
October 2, 2000
ONE THOUSAND PROTESTORS MARCH ON ISRAELI CONSULTATE IN CHICAGOCHICAGO-October 2--About one thousand Palestinians and supporters marched on the Israeli consulate in downtown Chicago this evening, to protest the ongoing massacre of Palestinians, which to date has claimed more than fifty lives, and injured more than 1,200, as Israeli troops continue to attack civilians with helicopters, rockets and live ammunition. The number of people who attended the rally far exceeded organizers' expectations, as numerous buses and vans and private cars brought men, women and children of every age from different parts of Chicago and the suburbs. Demonstrators gathered at Tribune Plaza, on Michigan Avenue, a main Chicago thoroughfare beginning at 4.30PM. Activists passed flyers to passersby, and demonstrators carried signs with slogans like "52 Years of Massacres is Enough," "How many children need to die?," and "Sharon=War Criminal."
As the crowd increased in size, chants went up in Arabic and English. Echoing the cries of their compatriots in Palestine, demonstrators chanted in Arabic, "With spirit, with blood we will sacrifice for you Palestine." English chants included, "Free Free Palestine!"
Led by young people carrying Palestinian flags, marchers headed south from Tribune Plaza across Michigan Avenue bridge, towards the Israeli consulate building. Original plans had called for a rally in front of the consulate, with speeches by community leaders. But because the demonstration was so large it was decided to keep the march going in a large loop in order to prevent people surging forward and being pushed against police barricades. Many protestors were emotional and grief-stricken. Chants came to a halt as protestors sat on the ground for a minute of silence in memory of Palestinian martyrs.
Twenty children from Chicago's Palestinian community, donned white T-shirts and lay on the road in front of the Israeli consulate. They were then sprayed with red paint to symbolize their solidarity with Palestinian children killed and injured by occupation forces.
An elderly Palestinian woman, who gave her name as Ferdaws, approached a group of non-Palestinian supporters with tears in her eyes, and said, "I want to thank you for coming to march with us today. We want to show the world that what they say about us is not true, we are not killers and terrorists." Ferdaws said that her father and sister had been killed in an Israeli attack on her village near Betunia, in the occupied West Bank in 1968.
This evening's demonstration received widespread coverage in local media, leading the Channel 2 (CBS) evening news, which reported that, "palestinians say they rallied today to better educate their neighbors and colleagues about the violence in their homeland." Fox TV (Channel 32), WGN TV (Channel 9) and several local radio stations also had reports. In addition, reporters from The Chicago Tribune and other newspapers were present.
Earlier in the day Ali Abunimah and the Israeli Consul-General Tzipora Rimon appeared on WBEZ Radio for a full hour fielding calls from listeners. (The Worldview program is archived at http://www.wbez.org)
The demonstration was co-sponsored by: Arab American Action Network, Al-Awda Chicago, Al-Mahjar, Arab American Institute, Arab American View Newspaper, Al-Quds TV, Committee for a Democratic Palestine, Friday Magazine, Friday Radio, Islamic Association for Palestine, Guild of Palestinian Writers and Journalists in North America, United Arab Networking, American Friends Service Committee, Eighth Day Center for Justice, Hammerhard Mediaworks, Southwest Youth Collaborative. The protest in Chicago was one amongst many being held cities around the world as international condemnation of Israel's crimes grows.Ali Abunimah [***]
ali@abunimah.org.
http://www.abunimah.
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Ali Abunimah is the head of Electronic Intifadah:
2000 : (KHALIDIS HOLD FUNDRAISER FOR OBAMA; ALBUNIMAH OF THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA ATTENDS) ...But it was at the 2000 fundraiser at the home of Rashid and Mona Khalidi for Obama's failed 2000 run for Congress where Abunimah [ the "executive director" of The Electronic Intifada, which is the principal internet mouthpiece for the Palestinian terrorist movement in the United States] says he "had a chance to really talk to [Obama]. It was an intimate setting. He convinced me he was very aware of the issues [and] critical of U.S. bias toward Israel and lack of sensitivity to Arabs. ... He was very supportive of U.S. pressure on Israel." "On that occasion and others," according to Abunimah, "Obama was forthright in his criticism of U.S. policy and his call for an even-handed approach to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict." Obama was "quite frank that the U.S. needed to be more evenhanded, that it leaned too much toward Israel." He was also "very comfortable in speaking up for and being associated with Palestinian rights and opposing the Israeli occupation." -------(Excerpt) Read more at campus-watch.org -----Barack Obama's Anti-Israel Alliances [incl. Rashid Khalidi] by Rachel Neuwirth, Family Security Matters, October 24, 2008, http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1566/pub_detail.asp VIA http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/5917