All the LA Times needs to do to prove that the heretics are wrong is to show the tape. Or maybe there is no tape and this is baiting.

However according to the LA Times:

Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Barack Obama

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.