I agree with you except that the whole Zionist part of Israel has moved far to the right. (I am making the point that a minority are NOT Zionist, including a minority of Israeli Jews.) I agree with how it began, but that doesn't mean all Israeli Jews agree with the rightward slant of the culture now--nor did they before the establishment of the state of Israel. According to Israeli journalists I read, there is neither a left nor a center left in Israel. I could say the same thing about the US, frankly. The problem is we have to use some terms--whatever they are--to describe the phenomena. And I cannot imagine an entity you could characterize as a "colonialist left". I think colonialism is right wing no matter where or what form it takes. The US also began the same way as Israel with its ludicrous ideology of "Manifest Destiny" and racial and cultural superiority. It was just part of the British "value added" economic model. And I would posit it is a fundamentally right of center nation, including what passes for the left here. The frightening thing for me is the truism that as an institution is created, so it continues forever into the future, which is why reforming institutions is fundamentally impossible. This does not give me much hope for the U.S. I cannot see most Americans I know participating in, or surviving, a real revolution. As far as Israel goes, I don't care what any Israeli says--that state is on its way out. It cannot survive this.