 Bedein criticizes several of Dershowitz's positions individually, giving each "error" its own section arguing that they are oblivious to reality.He feels the author's "failure to challenge questionable assumptions about the prospects for peace is deeply regrettable.By exaggerating the Palestinian leadership’s readiness to make peace, Dershowitz has granted credibility to those critics, many of them rank anti-Semites, who are desperate to blame the persistence of the conflict on Israel."