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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (3871)	8/21/2003 8:21:49 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

You wish. (eom)

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (3871)	8/22/2003 11:44:23 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6945

An old topic rehashed: From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine by Paul Blair Summary: A series of articles that investigates charges that Joan Peters' book From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine is dishonest propaganda. capmag.com <<< Conclusion: "From Time Immemorial" is work of propaganda, with all the bad connotations that term carries. Peters' case rests upon distortion and fabrication. Time and again, she misconstrues sources in a tendentious manner. She cribs uncritically from partisan works. She conceals crucial calculations, and draws hard conclusions from tenuous evidence. She speculates wildly and without ground. She exaggerates figures and selects numbers to suit her thesis. She adduces evidence that in no way supports her claims, sometimes even omitting "inconvenient" portions of the citation. She invents contradictions in sources she wishes to discredit by quoting them out of context. She "forgets" undesirable numbers in her calculations. She ignores sources that cast doubt on her conclusions, even when she herself uses those sources for other purposes. She makes baseless insinuations and misleading claims. Peters' distortions apply, not simply to minor issues, but to the central pieces of evidence for the principal contentions of her book . . . >>>