Jerusalem's colonialist, Euro-centric, imperialist, Zionist tram. (Actually, it's very nice)
I was an old-fashioned leftist once. In a sense I remain so, given that I am empathetic to the poor. The modern-day anti-bourgeois leftist is another story altogether. Anti-civilisation and anti-Zionism always trumps reality for these folk: http://honestreporting.com/bbc-panorama-goes-off-the-rails/