The matter of the Minister for Foreign Affairs going to Palestine and meeting President Arafat and the Prime Minister was raised by Senators Norris, Tuffy and Leyden. I concur that it was important for the Minister to meet President Arafat and the Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian Authority. I note that this was described in the Jerusalem Post as a snub. By the standard of what the Jerusalem Post publishes, to describe it as a snub was very mild indeed. It was almost a compliment. Our only hope – we should know this from our own experience – is that violence, from whatever source, will be eliminated because it is the poison that feeds all the difficulties.