Obama was asked again yesterday about his church’s relationship with Louis Farrakhan and he responded, rather presumptuously, that “nobody has spoken out more fiercely on the issue of anti-Semitism than I have.” It’s an absurd claim given Obama’s long relationship with Jeremiah Wright, but it also came just hours before the Los Angeles Times published this report about a 2003 dinner attended by Obama in honor of Rashid Khalidi. Khalidi, a “friend and frequent dinner companion” of the Obamas, is also described as a “critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights.” The event featured plenty of criticism of Israel:

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