Six members of Israel's triathlon team were supposed to take part in the Asian Cup competition in Jordan this weekend, but were denied entry to the country.
"It is what it is," claimed Jordanian authorities, despite the peace agreement between Jerusalem and Amman.

The intervention of Israeli officials, including from the Culture and Sports Ministry, was not enough to get the athletes into Jordan, causing them to miss a very important competition.

“I and the team members signed up for the competition, but as soon as the list of participants was published, we saw that we were not in,” said 21-year-old Itamar Levanon, a member of the Israeli team.

“The argument we were given for not being on the list was simply ‘you are Israelis,’”