You write:

“It might make more sense for me to be “pro-Ukraine” or “pro-Taiwan,” but that’s only because both peoples and nations have, today, a clear adversary against which to define themselves”

Shadi, Israel does have a clear adversary against which to define itself. That adversary is Iran and its Jihadi proxies who have expressly stated their goal of eliminating the state of Israel.

In the great clash of civilizations, Israel is ultimately on the side of democracy and justice. Its adversaries are on the side of barbarism and authoritarianism.