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During the Carter administration she served in the government as a subject expert on issues related to the Middle East. She is currently a trustee for [[The National Committee on American Foreign Policy]], and serves on its executive committee. |
During the Carter administration she served in the government as a subject expert on issues related to the Middle East. She is currently a trustee for [[The National Committee on American Foreign Policy]], and serves on its executive committee. |
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[[Norman Finkelstein]] argued in his book ''[[Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict]]'' that much of Peters' scholarship was fraudulent. Finkelstein's allegations that [[Alan Dershowitz]] plagiarized Peters' book became a central issue in the [[Dershowitz-Finkelstein affair]]. A [[Harvard]] investigation found the allegation to be unfounded.<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=514516 "Mercy of the Court of Public Opinion"] ''[[Harvard Crimson]]'' September 27, 2006</ref><ref name=Bombardieri>Marcella Bombardieri, [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/09/academic_fight_heads_to_print/ "Academic Fight Heads to Print: Authorship Challenge Dropped from Text,"] ''[[Boston Globe]]'' [[9 July]], [[2005]], accessed [[12 February]], [[2007]].</ref> |
[[Norman Finkelstein]] argued in his book ''[[Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict]]'' that much of Peters' scholarship was fraudulent. Finkelstein's allegations that [[Alan Dershowitz]] plagiarized Peters' book became a central issue in the [[Dershowitz-Finkelstein affair]]. A [[Harvard]] investigation found the allegation of plagiarism to be unfounded.<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=514516 "Mercy of the Court of Public Opinion"] ''[[Harvard Crimson]]'' September 27, 2006</ref><ref name=Bombardieri>Marcella Bombardieri, [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/09/academic_fight_heads_to_print/ "Academic Fight Heads to Print: Authorship Challenge Dropped from Text,"] ''[[Boston Globe]]'' [[9 July]], [[2005]], accessed [[12 February]], [[2007]].</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:41, 14 July 2008
Joan Peters (born 1938) is a former CBS news producer and author best known for her controversial 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. She also helped create a series of TV news documentaries for CBS in 1973 regarding the Israeli-Arab conflict and has provided commentary on the subject for PBS.
During the Carter administration she served in the government as a subject expert on issues related to the Middle East. She is currently a trustee for The National Committee on American Foreign Policy, and serves on its executive committee.
Norman Finkelstein argued in his book Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict that much of Peters' scholarship was fraudulent. Finkelstein's allegations that Alan Dershowitz plagiarized Peters' book became a central issue in the Dershowitz-Finkelstein affair. A Harvard investigation found the allegation of plagiarism to be unfounded.[1][2]
References
- ^ "Mercy of the Court of Public Opinion" Harvard Crimson September 27, 2006
- ^ Marcella Bombardieri, "Academic Fight Heads to Print: Authorship Challenge Dropped from Text," Boston Globe 9 July, 2005, accessed 12 February, 2007.
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