With 500 days until the games kick off in London, Ambassador Matthew Gould met the people hoping to bring israel some gold medal glory.
Mr Gould met International Olympic Committee member Alex Gilady, secretary general of the Olympic committee of Israel Efraim Zinger and Zvika Vershaviak, president of Israel's Olympic committee.
Sarah Palin has managed to put aside one controversy – a map showing crosshairs over the constituencies of Democrats targeted for defeat - by sparking another with her use of the term “blood libel”. Here are some other public figures who may have come to regret their choice of words.