This book examines the religious, intellectual and historical roots of the Israeli settlement movement through the lens of various strands of Zionism.

Jeffrey Kaplan has published over 30 books and over 100 articles and anthology chapters on religious violence, religious terrorism and other topics. Recent books include Anti-Semitism in Hungary: Appearance and Reality and Apocalypse, Revolution and Terrorism. He has also published the career retrospective Radical Religion and Violence: Theory and Case Studies. He is currently the Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Danube Institute in Budapest, Hungary.

Introduction 1. Religious Zionism 2. Secular Political Zionism 3. Ahad Ha'am and Cultural Zionism 4. The Six Day War 1967 5. Hebron 1929 6. Hebron 1968