Lucky the Palestinians. Three wise individuals come to Ramallah. By helicopter we wonder?

Lending a helping hand

Delegation led by Minister Pyne not well received. ‘But the cakes were very good indeed, though not as good as those served in Platinum Class’, ( Bronwyn Bishop)

Dear reader it is with almost epileptic enthusiasm we inform you of the sensation of the decade. A delegation from none other than the leadership of the Palestinian Liberation organisation is coming to Australia to lend us some advice and a “helping hand” in finding a way through the vexed issue of the “white man problem” in dealing with their friends the traditional owners of this land. A spokesman for their leader Mahmoud Abbas indicated that an intense desire existed within the PLO to put things right, he reiterated his leaders conviction that, “without a treaty there is little wriggle room, and yet the struggle of their people, (the white invader) is not dissimilar to ours. For two hundred years they have tried to negotiate with the traditional custodians, and if only they would be more grateful we’d furnish them with the respect they deserve, but at this stage it
is just a one way street, and they don’t seem to be listening’.

After the tete a tete, Palestinians thinking; ” is there intelligent life way way down south”? (head scarf worn by woman other than Bronwyn, lent by the Rt. Hon. Christopher Pyne M.P from his personal collection).

His résponse was entirely due to the unsuccessful initiative undertaken by members of the  Australian Federal Government to open up constructive talks with the Palestinian people. This important top level delegation headed by none other than the Minister for Innovation and Technology the Rt Hon Christopher Pyne, and the former Speaker, the Rt.Hon. Bronwyn Bishop and the Freedom Commissioner Mr Tim Wilson.

Unsuccessful you may ask?

How could such a high level delegation fail to succeed?

Indeed we invited a spokesman to Mr Abbas for some comments and he was less than flattering. ‘I believe there’s been a misunderstanding. We thought the Australian delegation had come to help us, but instead we were hectored and bullied into listening to the same old lies. It’s bad enough with what happened after Versailles being crammed down your throat, worse still when they stick you in ’48, and then it’s all down hill, but the last thing we want is people who are completely ignorant belittling us on stuff they clearly know nothing about’.

An ungrateful former Arab leader

Spokesman for the Palestinians, the Education Minister Dr Sabri Saidam described the meeting as “very explosive and very challenging” and said the group had asked “rude and blunt” questions
“Obviously the delegation was under impressions, wrong impressions accumulated after the visit to Israel.”
When asked about Dr Saidam’s comments, Mr Pyne said he believed he was very diplomatic but admitted that some members of the delegation were potentially “too robust”.
“I very diplomatically asked the Prime Minister and the Higher Education Minister questions which I thought would be useful for understanding the Palestinian attitudes to the peace process,” Mr Pyne told the ABC.
“Other members of the dialogue were slightly more robust and could be accused of quizzing them.
“I didn’t quiz anyone.”
Dr Saidam said, despite the atmosphere, he welcomed the visit because he thought it was important to “clarify facts”.
“There has been a lot of complaints on the Palestinian side that the government of Australia was not that sympathetic with the Palestinians,” he said.

At Versailles. where the future of civilisation itself was ordained by the allies for the Arabs own good. Another example of Arab ingratitude.

“I thought the Minister of Innovation would come with innovative ideas, but instead he came with a list of complaints.”
As a consequence we need to help these Australian politicians to “listen”, and accepting the invitation from the original owners, we ‘d like to help them set up a dialogue.

A spokesman from the the Minister of Innovation and Industry’s department deflecting the talks as nonsense suggested that the Palestinians just didn’t understand how hard we’d been prepared to go since Versailles, at Suez, and thereafter to “help them”.  In fact, their behaviour is ungrateful.
Indeed, the central issue is simple “why can’t they be more like us”, and why don’t they want to be more like us”? It’s all been said before; It’s paradox within an enigma’. But Mr Saidam enthused, ‘if they just listened it could be solved’. Fingers crossed.