Israeli historian Moshe Zimmerman said on Saturday that the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation launched by the Hamas movement against Israel on October 7 last year "revealed the failure of the Zionist ideology."

Zimmerman stated, in an interview with the Hebrew newspaper "Haaretz", that "Hamas destroyed the Israelis' sense of security" on October 7.

He explained that the goal “behind the establishment of the Zionist state was to rid the Jews in the diaspora of the situation they were in (the Nazis’ persecution of the Jews).”

He pointed out that the Hamas attack on October 7 marked a turning point in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying that the attack “revealed the failure of Zionist ideology.”

The Israeli historian considered that Zionism is not the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, "and that we are going to a situation in which the Jewish people live in a state of complete insecurity, and this is not the first time this has happened."

He added, "Israel caused a decline in the security level of diaspora Jews (after its attacks on Gaza), and therefore this Zionist solution is incomplete."

Zimmerman defended the necessity of implementing the two-state solution, which is supported by the international community and is not accepted by the Tel Aviv government.

He said, "Although it may seem hopeless and completely ridiculous at the moment, it is clear that a two-state solution must be the logical outcome."

He continued, "The alternative is either we take Nazi-like measures against the Palestinians (genocide) or the Palestinians do it (to us)."

Zimmerman pointed out that Israel is "foolishly" trying to portray itself as a representative of the Jewish people, and that the government describes all criticism of Israel as "anti-Semitic."

He stressed, "This is the essence of the matter. Israel takes advantage of this by interpreting every criticism as anti-Semitism."

He explained that to understand where Israel is headed, "we have to look at the 1930s, when the Nazis appeared in Germany."

Zimmerman pointed out that the Israeli authorities opened investigations against him, because he drew attention to the similarities between the events that took place in Nazi Germany and those taking place in Israel, in general, his criticism of Israeli right-wing extremists.