Joan Peters

Joan Peters (born 1938) is a former CBS news producer of otherwise unnamed documentaries, and the author best known for a number of theses on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict , put forward in her book From Time Immemorial , published in 1984. Peters has also written for magazines such as Harper's , Commentary , The New Republic , and The New Leader in the 1970s and early 1980s and has helped create a series of TV news documentaries for CBS in 1973 regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and provided commentary on the subject for PBS . During the Carter administration Peters served in the government as lecturer on issues related to the Middle East to State Department officials. She is currently a trustee for the National Committee on American Foreign Policy , where she serves on its executive committee.

Joan Peters (née Friedman ; April 29, 1936 – January 5, 2015), the family name from an earlier marriage used by Joan Caro, was an author, best known for a number of theses on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , put forward in her controversial book From Time Immemorial , published in 1984, in which she argued that the Palestinians, as opposed to the Jews, are largely not indigenous to the area and therefore do not have a claim to the territory. The book was argued to be a fraud, later on, by Norman Finkelstein . Finkelstein's position was supported by a number of other scholars, such as Noam Chomsky , Edward Said and Yehoshua Porath , calling the book "ludicrous", "worthless" and a "forgery", while other scholars such as Barbara W. Tuchman and Daniel Pipes accepted the book's central thesis. Peters wrote in the 1970s and early 1980s for magazines such as Harper's , Commentary , The New Republic , and The New Leader , and was a consultant in the creation of TV news documentaries for CBS in 1973 regarding the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and provided commentary on the subject for PBS . Her dedication to the cause of Israel may have been triggered by a visit in the 1970s to the Soviet Union, where officials treated her and her husband with suspicion. According to a speaker's agency that booked speaking and touring engagements for her, Peters served as White House Adviser on American Foreign Policy in the Middle East during the Carter administration . She died at her home in Chicago in 2015 of a cerebral embolism . Shortly before her death, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor , called her to pass on that Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was deeply grateful for her important contribution to the Jewish people and the state of Israel. " "The Fate of an Honest Intellectual" ".

Joan Peters (née Friedman ; April 29, 1936 – January 5, 2015), later Caro , was the author of the best-selling, controversial, 1984 book From Time Immemorial , in which she argued that Palestinians are largely not indigenous to modern Israel and therefore do not have a claim to its territory. The book was criticized by some scholars such as Norman Finkelstein , Noam Chomsky , Edward Said and Yehoshua Porath . Joan Caro, author of controversial 'From Time Immemorial,' dies at 78 , Haaretz , 8 January 2015. " "The Fate of an Honest Intellectual" ".

Anerican journalist Joan Peters (née Friedman ; April 29, 1936 – January 5, 2015), later Caro , was an American journalist and broadcaster. She wrote the 1984 book From Time Immemorial , a controversial account of the origins of the Palestinians.

American journalist (1936–2015) For the American dancer, choreographer, and educator, see Joan Peters (dancer) . Joan Peters (née Friedman ; April 29, 1936 – January 5, 2015), later Caro , was an American journalist and broadcaster. She wrote the 1984 book From Time Immemorial , a controversial book that incorrectly claimed that modern Palestinians were not indigenous to Palestine.