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No.
Ukraine is mostly getting old stock, weapons that would otherwise be destroyed, because they are at or past their expiration date.
Israel gets the latest kit, which they are buying with American money from American arms manufacturers. An entirely different mechanism. It should be noted that Israel is mostly self-sufficient in terms of military weapons, but it's of course more convenient for them to take this aid than to make weapons they could make themselves.
As for "political capital", Ukraine and Israel are so thoroughly different in this regard, it's like they are from two different planets. In no way are they comparable other than that America has a vested interest in keeping both alive and on its side.