Netanyahu meets with visiting chair of 2028 Los Angeles Olympic organizing committee

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets in his Jerusalem office with the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games organizing committee Casey Wasserman (second from L) on December 11, 2025. (Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets in his Jerusalem office with the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games organizing committee Casey Wasserman (second from L) on December 11, 2025. (Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets in Jerusalem with Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games organizing committee.

Wasserman, a sports and talent agent and lifelong Democrat, tells Netanyahu, “Your leadership over the past two years makes me proud to be Jewish,” according to the Prime Minister’s Office.

Sports and Culture Minister Miki Zohar and Israel’s Olympic Committee chairwoman Yael Arad also attend.

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