Suárez posits that the Zionist movement’s use of terror during the British Mandate (1920–1948) was foundational to the state's birth. He details how this violence targeted three main groups:
In his 2016 work, , Thomas Suárez presents a meticulous, often harrowing examination of the role systematic violence played in the establishment of the Israeli state. Drawing on extensive mining of declassified British National Archives, Suárez challenges mainstream historical narratives by arguing that Zionist terrorism was not a series of isolated incidents, but a strategic, "routine" tool used to achieve political sovereignty. The Core Argument State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern I...
While praised by some as a "tour de force" of archival research, the book has also been characterized as a "hard-hitting, ultimately one-note polemic". 'State of Terror,' by Thomas Suárez - Mondoweiss Suárez posits that the Zionist movement’s use of
: To exhaust the Mandate administration through "war weariness" and force a withdrawal. The Core Argument While praised by some as