So? He DID NOT PROVE that Peters' work was "full of lies" as he claimed. It was a diversion to attack Dershowitz.
If Joan Peters wants to follow up on the accusations of plagiarism that's her business, not Finklestein's.
If Finklestein claims that Joan Peters' work has no credibility, let him prove it instead of throwing out red herrings.
Well, I'm not going to argue the point with you any further, but you're fundamentally wrong about the point -- which I addressed in my previous post -- that it's "Peters" primary duty or right to pursue or not-to-pursue the charge of plagiarism.
You couldn't be more wrong on this point. Plagiarism is an offense AGAINST the academic community, not against the person who's work is plagiarized. That person may be the first, in may cases, to notice, but that's irrelevant. You can plagiarize a dead person's work -- since they're dead and can't complain, does that make it OK? Of course not.
And Finkelstein -- as a scholar in that area -- is PRECISELY the type of person who has a right to bring the charge.