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In a message dated 4/13/2004 9:46:05 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dr. Tezza: Are you aware that the Peters book has been reviewed and discredited by more than one critic, including some who would love to agree with her. She has been exceedingly sloppy with her sources. If you have not, I suggest you do a search on the net and seek out those reviews. If is important to establish facts, but not if they are fraudulent. Hank Just who are these critics who you say have "discredited" Joan Peters? If you are talking about Daniel Pipes, he did not deny the facts in her central premise -- that Jews, not "Palestinians", are the indigenous people of Israel. He questioned her literary style, her excessive use of quotes, and her sloppy citation of sources. Pipes did NOT state that Peters' sources were wrong nor did he say that her conclusions were in error; he said that "most of the book is irrelevant to its central thesis." http://www.nybooks.com/articles/5172) This is the conclusion of Paul Blair's review, one of the critics of Joan Peters' book, which specifically refers to both Pipes' and Sanders' comments: "Such embarrassing concessions by the book's prominent defenders raise valid doubts about its integrity. On the other hand, both Sanders and Pipes still defend Peters' central thesis. Besides verifying the critics' claims, then, these pages will also weigh their significance relative to the book as a whole. Whatever the findings, Israel's right to exist does not hinge on Peters' claims that the land was empty when the Jews arrived and that the Palestinians are recent arrivals. The right of a country to exist depends on its recognition of individual rights. By this criterion, Israel--with all its imperfections--stands head and shoulders above the Arab dictatorships of the region (including Arafat's) as far as legitimacy is concerned." http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=2135 So, you see, it was neither Peters' sources nor her facts which are fraudulent! Just for the record, neither are mine! Dafna Yee, director JWD - Jewish Watch Dog http://jwd-jewishwatchdog.home.comcast.net --- / o o \ PNEWS Topic Specific Portals (Vortals) ===OO=====OO================================================= http://pnews.org/vortal/ New World disOrder and Myth Busters http://g0lem.net/vortal/ Insane Planet and Wacko World http://g0lem.net/portal/ Bad-Ass Truth and TheGolemsPortal http://pnews.org/portal/ Naked Truth and PNEWS Portal ============================================================= \_/ \_/
