IN DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH ALBANESE ON PALESTINE with Graham Healy
- Graham Healy
- Aug 2
- 3 min read
IN DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH ALBANESE ON PALESTINE
For Albanese to make statements like a "two state solution" and signing agreements with quasi terrorist organizations with roots in the PLO shows which side Albanese is on ? it certainly is not the best interests of Australia safety or security .
Since Albanese has been in power and because of Albanese apeasment of terrorists in particular hamas . (Albananese says he Isnt apeasing terrorism but by their fruit you will know them )
Albanese is a well know anti Israel
with Graham Healy
Date | Action | Details |
11 August 2025 | Announcement | Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced Australia would recognise Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September. It was explicitly “predicated on commitments” received from the Palestinian Authority. |
21 September 2025 | Formal recognition | Joint statement by Albanese and Wong: “Effective today… the Commonwealth of Australia formally recognises the independent and sovereign State of Palestine.” |
22 September 2025 | UN speech | Albanese addressed the UN Two-State Solution Conference in New York, explaining the recognition. |
**What Albanese specifically did regarding the two-state solution**
Albanese did **not sign a formal bilateral treaty** with the Palestinian Authority or Israel. Instead, Australia issued an official **unilateral recognition** of the State of Palestine.
### Key official actions:
| Date | Action | Details |
|------|--------|---------|
| **11 August 2025** |
Announcement | Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced Australia would recognise Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September. It was explicitly “predicated on commitments” received from the Palestinian Authority. |
| **21 September 2025** |
Formal recognition | Joint statement by Albanese and Wong: “Effective today… the Commonwealth of Australia formally recognises the independent and sovereign State of Palestine.” |
| **22 September 2025** | UN speech | Albanese addressed the UN Two-State Solution Conference in New York, explaining the recognition. |
### Conditions attached to the recognition (as stated by Albanese):
- Hamas (a designated terrorist organisation) can have **no role** in any future Palestinian government or in controlling Gaza.
- The Palestinian Authority must reaffirm Israel’s right to exist in peace and security.
- Hamas must hand over its weapons and never control Gaza again.
- The PA must demilitarise, hold democratic elections, and undertake major reforms (governance, finance, education).
- Recognition is part of a coordinated international push (with UK, Canada and others) for a two-state solution, a ceasefire in Gaza, and release of hostages.
Australia’s longstanding bipartisan policy already supported a two-state solution; the 2025 step was formal recognition of Palestine as a state.
### Major attacks / rocket campaigns from Gaza on Israel (last ~30 years)
A complete list of every individual rocket or mortar is impossible (tens of thousands were fired). Below is a clear summary of the **major campaigns, wars, and significant escalations** originating from Gaza.
| Year(s) | Event / Campaign | Approximate rockets/mortars fired from Gaza | Notes / Outcome |
|---------|------------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 2001–2005 | Second Intifada period | Hundreds (rising each year) | Qassam rockets begin; first significant fire after Israel leaves Gaza in 2005 |
| 2006 | Post-disengagement escalation | ~1,000 | Hamas & others intensify after Israel’s full withdrawal |
| 2008–2009 | **Operation Cast Lead** (Gaza War) | ~2,000–3,000 | Major war after sustained rocket fire |
| 2012 | **Operation Pillar of Defense** | ~1,500–1,600 | 8-day conflict |
| 2014 | **Operation Protective Edge** | ~4,200+ | 50-day war; one of the heaviest rocket barrages |
| 2018–2019 | Border protests + rocket rounds | ~1,100 (2018) + ~1,300 (2019) | Periodic mass launches |
| 2021 | **Operation Guardian of the Walls** | ~4,400 | 11-day conflict; heaviest single barrage until 2023 |
| 2022 | Smaller escalations | ~1,100 | Intermittent fire |
| **7 Oct 2023** | **Hamas-led attack + ongoing war** | 3,000+ in first hours alone; tens of thousands total during the war | Largest single-day attack in Israeli history; ground invasion of southern Israel; mass casualties and hostages |
| 2024–2026 | Continued wartime fire | Thousands more | Ongoing during the Israel–Hamas war |
**Cumulative total (2001–mid-2020s):** Over **39,000** rockets and mortars fired from Gaza at Israel (Jewish Virtual Library / Israeli data). The vast majority occurred after Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007.
The pattern is clear: after Israel’s 2005 disengagement, rocket fire from Gaza increased dramatically under Hamas rule, leading to repeated major wars.
