The longest division: can Palestinian and Israeli students compete at the International Maths Olympiad?

Students during a previous Olympiad in Amsterdam. There are questions over the participation of both Palestinians and Israelis at the next event, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast in July. Photograph: Valerie Kuypers/AFP/Getty Images

For six Palestinian teenagers, it could be a “life-changing opportunity”.

The youngsters have been selected for the International Mathematics Olympiad, to be held on Australia’s Sunshine Coast in July, but it is unclear whether they will be able to leave Gaza and the West Bank to take part.