Edited sentence: A Los Angeles Times review said of "From Time Immemorial": "The reader comes away not only rethinking the Middle East refugee problem, but also the extent to which propaganda can be swallowed whole for lack of information.According to the mandate, there were about 600,000 Arabs in Palestine in 1927.However, the census of 1948 gives a number of 1.3-1.35 million Arabs in 1948.The census of the British mandate of Palestine seems to confirm atleast some of Peters' claims.Theodore H.This means that 400,000 Arab immigrants arrived from neighbouring countries.White called Peters' work a "superlative book" that traces Middle East history with "unmatched skill.With natural growth of 2.3% in the Muslim population this will amount to 927,000 Arabs in 1948