Joan Peters
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Joan Peters 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 in which she claims that the Palestinians are largely not indigenous to the area and therefore do not have claims to territory.
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. Peters served as White House Adviser on American Foreign Policy in the Middle East during the Carter Administration. She is currently an advisor for the National Committee on American Foreign Policy
.
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
news producer of otherwise unnamed documentaries, and the author best known for a number of theses on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The conflict is wide-ranging, and the term is also used in reference to the earlier phases of the same conflict, between Jewish and Zionist yishuv and the Arab population living in Palestine under Ottoman or...
, put forward in her book From Time Immemorial
From Time Immemorial
From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine is a 1984 book by Joan Peters about the demographics of the Arab population of Palestine and of the Jewish population of the Arab world before and after the formation of the State of Israel.According to the book a large...
, published in 1984 in which she claims that the Palestinians are largely not indigenous to the area and therefore do not have claims to territory.
Peters has also written for magazines such as Harper's, Commentary, The New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
, and The New Leader
The New Leader
The New Leader was a political and cultural magazine begun in 1924 by a group of figures associated with the Socialist Party of America, including Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas, and published in New York by the American Labor Conference on International Affairs. Its orientation is liberal and...
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
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
to State Department officials. Peters served as White House Adviser on American Foreign Policy in the Middle East during the Carter Administration. She is currently an advisor for the National Committee on American Foreign Policy
National Committee on American Foreign Policy
The National Committee on American Foreign Policy is a nonprofit, nonpartisan activist organization dedicated to the resolution of conflicts that threaten U.S. interests. Founded in 1974 by Hans J...
.
External links
- National Committee on American Foreign Policy
- Assorted excerpts from From Time Immemorial
- Review of the book From Time Immemorial with critical aspects
- Joan Peters' profile at Grabow Entertainment Booking Agency
- Joan Peters' profile at Harry Walker Speakers’ Agency