The Palestinian Olympic Committee says its team's uniforms for Rio 2016 are being withheld by Israeli authorities.
Secretary-general of the Palestinian NOC, Munther Masalmeh, says the gear has yet to clear Israeli customs, and that Palestine's Olympic team - composed of six athletes - was forced to depart for Rio without any of it.
The Israel Tax Authority, which oversees customs, says it has heard nothing of the matter but would be happy to assist if approached by the Palestinians.
The six-person Palestinian team for this summer's games, which kick off on Saturday, is as follows:
Mayada Al Sayad (track and field), Simon Yacoub (judo), Miri Alatrash (swimming), Mohammed Abu Khousa (track and field), Ahmed Gebrel (swimming) and the curiously named Christian Zimmermann (equestrian). Three of the athletes, including Zimmermann, were born in Germany.
The Palestinians have been involved in every Games since Atlanta in 1996, and are yet to register their first medal. They qualified two athletes for both Atlanta and Sydney, three for Athens, four for Beijing and five for London.
Palestine previously called on FIFA to banish Israel from tournament football following the restrictions it has placed on Palestinian players' movements. Israel claim some Palestinian athletes have militant ties and the restrictions are purely 'security measures'.
Meanwhile, the Times of Israel have their own hilariously slanted take on the Palestinian team.
Dov Lieber, get this - the 'Arab Affairs Correspondent' at the Times - writes of the Palestinian team:
The Palestinians are sending their largest-ever delegation to compete in the summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil, but fewer than half of its athletes were born in the West Bank or Gaza, and only two qualified by merit.
Of those six athletes, only two actually qualified for the Olympics through success in their sport. The other four were invited to compete through an Olympic program that allows athletes hailing from nations with underdeveloped sports infrastructure to compete without qualifying.
Rumours that Palestine will send in Roy Keane to 'amend' the situation are thus far unconfirmed.
