'It's time that American Jews see Israel not as a Hollywood or Hebrew school fantasy but what it was and still is: a real country made of bona fide humans, faults and all, albeit humans caught in inhuman circumstances...'

The quote is from Ambassador Michael Oren, at Foreign Policy, "'A' Jewish State vs. 'The' Jewish State."

Oren debates David Rothkopf, the editor of Foreign Policy, c/o Israel Matzav, "An exchange of emails well worth reading":

Michael Oren and David Rothkopf were college roommates at Columbia around the time that I was there. Although both went into international politics, their lives took very different directions. Oren has just finished a term as Israel's ambassador to the United States. Rothkopf is editor in chief of Foreign Policy magazine.

Although he considers himself a Zionist, Rothkopf only visited Israel for the first time in late 2013. This exchange of emails resulted from Oren asking Rothkopf what he thought about his visit. You should definitely read the whole thing...