February 08, 1985
(vol. 95, iss. 107)
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… distinction had a "demoralizing effect on a lot of faculty and a lot of students." Richard Kennedy, vice president for government relations, agrees that Shapiro's approach is almost too pain- staking…
…, obliterates. Peters begins with an explanation of the growth of the book, relaying her seven year search for information. She does not tell, however, that she began the project to write about the Arab refugees…
… in the Middle East from a pro- Arab stand point. She ended up writing about the mistreatment of the Jews both by their neighbors and by history. Historical misconceptions include the thought that the…
… Jews lived better under Arab rule than under some European rule. She destroys this idea by citing example after example, in country an- ter country in the Arab world of how Jews lived under cruel…
… by horror writer Stephen King. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Peters quotes both Arab and Jewish sources, with the most startling statements not being accusations by the Israelis, but by Arab…
… leaders them- selves. She quotes the Muslim holy book, the Koran, and Arab school children's text books, all of which say that the Jews are evil, perverse, and corrupt, and that they are meant to die…
… Arabs in pre- Israel Palestine, and the Hitler-Mufti connection. In this way, From Time Immemorial changes the way one looks at the major world powers, in their relationship to World War II, to each other…
… devoted an unprecedented four issues to the book, stating, "the book should be in the library of anyone concerned about the rights and wrongs in the Arab-Israel conflict." Both the L.A. Times and the…