Ben-Itto began to research "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" during her years on the bench, using her free time and court vacations to peruse the topic in footnoted academic studies. She found that not only was the subject little-known by Jews at large, but that historical and modern-day antisemitism draws from the Protocols. Desiring to write a book for the general public, she took early retirement in 1991 and spent six years writing "The Lie That Wouldn't Die: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion".