Why the U.S. plans to send Israel $1 billion in weapons U.S. plans to send more weapons to Israel U.S. plans to send more weapons to Israel Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, the highest-ranking Republican woman in the House, rebuked President Biden and praised former President Trump over U.S. military support for Israel in an address to its parliament on Sunday. "There is no excuse for an American president to block aid to Israel — aid that was duly passed by the Congress, or to ease sanctions on Iran, paying a $6 billion ransom to the world's leading state...