The Foundations of Zionism

"A magisterial and comprehensive analysis of Zionism from its earliest iterations to the present. Every person who claims to oppose Israeli genocide needs to read this book for a proper understanding of Zionist motivations and attitudes, told from the point of view of its primary victims. The translation of Jiryis's opus gives Anglophone observers of Palestine the opportunity to bypass the anguished dilemmas of one-time Zionists that dominate discourse in the Global North and instead engage with one of the finest texts of the Palestinian intellectual tradition."

Steven Salaita, Professor in the English and Comparative Literature department, The American University in Cairo 

"A foundational and vital work. Jiryis' book is indispensable reading for anyone seeking to understand Zionism's monstrous rise from myth to mandate, and a sobering reminder that there is no redeeming it."

Mohammed el-Kurd, Palestinian writer and poet

"Sabri Jiryis has written a most comprehensive and detailed history of the foundations of Zionism. An accomplished Palestinian historian in his own right, Jiryis' 1976 book on the history of the Israeli state's subjection of Palestinian citizens after 1948 remains an indispensable classic. His new book on Zionism, originally published in Arabic, has finally been translated to English and at a most auspicious moment in the history of the ideology and the movement. Based on extensive research from Zionist and Israeli sources, Jiryis' The Foundations of Zionism will be equally indispensable to readers and specialists interested in the policies of the state of Israel and its official ideology. Erudite and thorough, the book reminds us that nothing the state of Israel does falls outside the foundations of its ruling ideology. This compelling book is essential reading."

Joseph Massad, Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University