Israeli Prime Minister Under Fire
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey, Rick. It's Al. These bigwigs have to stop squeezing the poor little guy so much, taxes on top of taxes on top of taxes. It's just making it the point where nobody can afford to live.</s>SANCHEZ: Welcome back. I'm Rick Sanchez. Making the list of the most embattled politicians: the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu is feeling the heat, both at home and from abroad. Let's begin with the United States. The Obama administration is the latest administration to attempt to jump-start the peace process between the Israelis and the Palestinians. One of the bigger points of contention has been how far Israel will build settlements in East Jerusalem due to both sides disagreeing over who owns the land. Not only did officials announce new settlement construction in the disputed territory; they announced it while Vice President Biden was in Israel, a major diplomatic faux pas that has increased tensions between the U.S. and Israel. Here's what Secretary Clinton had to say.</s>CLINTON: And the announcement of the settlements the very day that the vice president was there was insulting. I mean, it was just really a very unfortunate and difficult moment for everyone, the United States, our vice president, who had gone to reassert America's strong support for Israeli security. And I regret deeply that that occurred and they made -- made that view known.</s>SANCHEZ: So, Secretary Clinton calls Netanyahu and gives him a set of four demands that must be done to show Israel is serious about peace negotiations -- the biggest demand, canceling construction of the new settlement. Meanwhile, Netanyahu has set up a team to investigate why officials announced the new settlement construction while Biden was visiting the country. This leads to Netanyahu's problems at home, which are huge. Israelis are starting to wonder who is truly in charge, if the prime minister was caught by surprise by this announcement. This afternoon, Netanyahu was at a welcoming ceremony for the Brazilian president. Naturally, he was asked about the settlements again.</s>BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER (through translator): The development of these Jewish neighborhoods never hurt in any way the Arabs in East Jerusalem. Today, half the Jewish population in Jerusalem lives in these neighborhoods.</s>SANCHEZ: So, Israelis are angry at the prime minister. And it sounds like they're determined to build, nonetheless. Fighting words? We will continue to follow it for you. Meanwhile, take a look at this.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I want to ask the president, why did he kill my son? What did my son die for?</s>SANCHEZ: Which president? You thought she was just anti-Bush. It turns out Cindy Sheehan is also anti-Obama. Why she's in the news, that is ahead. And is Glenn Beck against Jesus? That is a question that "TIME" magazine has asked, and we drill down on what he said to cause this furor that he has apparently brought on to himself.