A Palestinian minister has accused an Australian-led political delegation of asking rude questions during a meeting in the West Bank.

The Australian industry minister, Christopher Pyne, the former parliamentary speaker, Bronwyn Bishop, and the human rights commissioner, Tim Wilson, were among Australian and British delegates to attend the meeting in Ramallah on Sunday.

The Palestinian education minister, Sabri Saidam, told the ABC the meeting was “very explosive and very challenging”. He said the group had asked “rude and blunt” questions and Pyne had raised “a list of complaints”.

A curious meeting with the Palestinian Education Minister this morning, after meeting with their Prime Minister ... pic.twitter.com/PVmGOR9IsL — Tim Wilson (@timwilsoncomau) December 13, 2015

The group visited Israel as part of the Australia-Israel-United Kingdom Leadership Dialogue. Saidam suggested the delegation had “wrong impressions accumulated after the visit to Israel”.

“The delegation had false information and twisted facts,” he told the ABC. “It was clear the delegation was not well educated.”

Pyne, who also met with the Palestinian prime minister, Rami Hamdallah, defended his conduct.

“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,” Pyne told the ABC.

“Other members of the dialogue were slightly more robust and could be accused of quizzing them.”

A photo shows the delegation also included Labor MP Tim Watts, Labor senator Glenn Sterle, and the former Liberal party federal director Brian Loughnane. There were also British representatives in attendance.

Wilson tweeted that the meeting was “curious” and also posted a photo of Bishop “quizzing” the education minister.

Bronwyn Bishop quizzing the Palestinian Education Minister in a delegation led by @CPyne ... pic.twitter.com/JaMaVLJ9o4 — Tim Wilson (@timwilsoncomau) December 13, 2015

SBS reported the group had asked the prime minister about the naming of schools and venues after terrorists and education practices, but it is unclear which members had asked those questions.

The general delegation of Palestine to Australia said Hamdallah had told Pyne “that Israel continued policies of daily violations against Palestinian civilians, including murder, arbitrary arrest, house demolitions and forced displacement, land confiscation, and in addition to the continuation of settlements construction and expansion, jeopardises the two-state solution and undermines the chances for peace”.

The Palestinian summary said the prime minister had thanked Australia for its “continued support” to Palestinian development sectors such as education, industry and water.

Pyne promoted the Turnbull government’s innovation agenda during his trip to the region and launched a “landing pad” for Australian entrepreneurs in Tel Aviv.

In a speech to the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Pyne said it was his seventh visit to Israel and he had “learned a great deal about how you work, live and innovate”. His first visit was in 1994 with the Australian Union of Jewish Students.