Zelenskiy References Holocaust In Address To Israeli Legislators March 20, 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Israel that now was the time for the country to clearly express support for Ukraine and end its attempt to remain neutral following Russia's invasion of his country. Zelenskiy, who has often highlighted his Jewish background, spoke on March 20 to Israeli lawmakers by videoconference in the latest such speech to foreign legislatures, including to the U.S. Congress, the British House of Commons, and the German Bundestag. Zelenskiy at several points compared Russia's aggression to the Holocaust and said that "Ukraine made the choice...