A Big Israel

So, Zelensky is saying that Ukraine will become a 'big Israel': 

'Ukraine will definitely not be what we wanted it to be from the beginning. It is impossible. Absolutely liberal, European – it will not be like that... We will become a ‘big Israel’ with its own face. We will not be surprised if we have representatives of the Armed Forces or the National Guard in cinemas, supermarkets, and people with weapons. I am confident that the question of security will be the issue number one for the next 10 years. I am sure of it.'

On its face, it appears that Zelensky is stating that Ukrainians will just have to live with the threat of ongoing Russian aggression: be it covert or overt, coordinated or stochastic. But if he's making comparisons to Israel, then how does Israel manage its security? And what does this mean for Ukraine?

Does this mean that Ukraine will be a US outpost that will receive massive funding from the US? Will its security be propped up by the US? Will it continue to assault its Russian minority as Israel assaults the Palestinians? (In short, will Ukraine just continue doing what it did, but with more explicit US aid?)

Perhaps it will, perhaps it won't. This may be a rhetorical flourish: by equating Ukraine with Israel (Jews), he's equating Russia with anti-Semites (Nazis), this further condemns Russia with the old 'Nazi' ad hominem. 

But if he is serious in that Ukraine is to be another, larger Israel - then we are likely to have more trouble on our hands.