ICSZ supports the development of Critical Zionism Studies with resources for academics and activists. The Institute’s work includes fellowships, collaborations, conferences, and publications that expand the reach of research.

First Sources

ICSZ’s Engaging Sayegh workgroup shares prescient writing on Zionism not as a state project but a force, from Angelina Helou. Helou was a graduate student of Palestinian-Syrian philosopher and political thinker Fayez Sayegh at the American University of Beirut. This text, originally her Masters’ thesis, was completed in 1967. Angelina Helou, Palestine Research Center, 1969

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“This daytime military invasion of Birzeit University constitutes part of a systematic policy pursued by the Zionist settler-colonial regime to intimidate students and undermine their right to education, with the aim of suppressing Palestinian consciousness and targeting national institutions. The University affirms that these repressive practices will not break the will of its students or staff, nor will they deter it from continuing its academic and national mission.”
Statement from Birzeit University on the Israeli military invasion of its campus and shooting of students

Zionist Expansion

“Despite Somaliland’s declaration of independence in the early 1990s, no state other than Israel recognises its claim… Regional experts offer various explanations for Israel’s move. Some believe it is a step toward relocating one million Palestinians from Gaza to the Horn of Africa, while others point to… Ansar Allah that has targeted Israel in response to its actions in Gaza.”
Ragip Soylu, “Israel-Turkey rivalry moves to the Horn of Africa,” Middle East Eye, Dec. 29, 2025.