Original sentence: " Much of the sholarship in the book has been challenged by Norman Finkelstein on a point by point basis, although Peters' supporters, such as Daniel Pipes find Finkelstein's contestations unwarrented.A history of the roots of the Israeli-arab conflict, the book is highly regarded and praised in the United States and elsewhere.Her book is held in high regard by traditional analysts of Israeli/Palestinian history, who put forward what is known as the "Zionist Narrative".However, many left-wing scholars such as Noam Chomsky and Norman Finkelstein label the book a "monumental hoax.Israel's "New Historians" on the other hand, such as Avi Shlaim and Ilan Pappe, reject her findings.Joan Peters is the name, of the author of From Time Immemorial.Peters' book general thesis is that a majority of Arabs in Mandate Palestine were recent immigrants from surrounding countries, and that as a result there was little significant Arab presence in Palestine prior to the advent of the Zionist movement.They put forward what is called the "Post-Zionist Narrative", which presents Israeli history in a more critical light
Edited sentence: Joan Peters, an American historian and journalist, is best known as the author of From Time Immemorial, a book Israeli-Palestinian conflict which argues that a majority of Arabs in the Palestine mandate were recent immigrants from surrounding countries.The book was widely acclaimed in the US when it first appeared, but later it was discredited