In From Time Immemorial (1984), she argued that Palestinians are largely not indigenous to modern Israel and therefore have no claim to its territory. The book, a best-seller, became controversial. Scholars and writers such as Norman Finkelstein,Norman Finkelstein.Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict 2nd Edition. Verso Books, 2003 p.21-46 Noam Chomsky, Edward SaidMrs. Peters’s Palestine New York Review Of Books January 16, 1986 Yehoshua Porath. and Ian and David Gilmour criticized it.
