Few writers on the Arab-Israeli dispute have had as striking an impact as did Joan Peters, who died on January 5, 2015.  Her book, From Time Immemorial, published in 1984, has been controversial, but by its challenge to false history, myths, and propaganda, it has been a significant addition to the literature on the Middle East.  It is still timely. Some of the exegeses of the book are couched in political or ideological terms rather than dispassionate critique.  The occasional polemical tone should be overlooked, since the book is really concerned with the “flight from fact,” a condition that still afflicts those who are unwilling to accept the existence and legitimacy of the State of Israel.  Attention has been diverted for a variety of reasons, many unrelated to any concern for scholarly accuracy, from the main theses of the book, which are still crucially important to examine at a time when Palestinian authorities still refuse to come to the...(Read Full Article)