Why we must support both Israel and Ukraine

As a Jew and first-generation American whose father came from what we used to call the USSR (more aptly described as Soviet-era Ukraine), I cannot help but see the connection between modern-day Ukraine and Israel, both of which are confronting brutal aggression and terrorism against their civilian populations.  

And I am shocked that even in the face of such barbarism, which everyone in the world can see on their phones, some in the Republican Party are taking the side of the terrorists and dictators.