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I don't buy into Zionist bankers controlling the world, and I think that Satanists would be offended at being compared to Zionism, but I'm strongly against the City of London and their offshore spiderweb.

A lot of people have shown interest in Hamas charter which gives me hope for people being bigger than the propaganda they're fed. Thanks for reading!

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Please clarify your comment.

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What do you think the City of London is? It is the center of Central Banks. And I am not concerned about “offending satanists”….since you are, then I have simply stumbled into the wrong place

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This is a truthseeking spot.

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(Banned)Feb 22Liked by Mike Hampton

The City of London is one of the centres, the biggest is Geneva in Switzerland where the grand-daddy of them all resides, the Bank of International Settlements, BIS. The City of London is one of the power centres of the world and is the home of Black Nobility influence since William of Orange brought the Venetian Black Nobility into our country upon marrying our Queen Anne.

You can find out a lot more about the Black Nobility here:

https://francesleader.substack.com/p/black-nobility-101

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I'm not implying. I'm outright stating that this press release hasn't received the coverage it deserves.

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Instead of beating around the bush, and not addressing the point I made, tell me what point you want to make.

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Jan 26Liked by Mike Hampton

I read the NYtimes daily. I subscribe to dozens of other periodicals and online news sources. I have never seen this covered, Mr. Lewis. When Hamas is covered at all, it is presented as a shady group of illiterate monsters who commit acts of terrorism for no reason whatsoever - except that Muslims are all crazy terrorists who hate women and freedom etc. So, I’d be curious to know where you are seeing this even handed coverage of Hamas. I’d be the first to subscribe.

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One, long ago, in a land called the internet, I used to read the NYT and the Washing Post daily. Once upon a time, their journalists were my heroes. Once upon a fucking time...

Google "Our Narrative… Operation Al-Aqsa Flood" and you will find it mentioned many times. And see whose mentioning it. Hopefully your Google is set up for true results and not tailor-made for you.

Despite my optimistic title, 'Honest Media' is a challenge, but a lot of alternative sources mixed in with people who've got major studies under their belt, I find a better semblance of truth. It's tiring reading so much - https://mikehampton.substack.com/p/honest-media-guide

Thanks.

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Jan 25Liked by Mike Hampton

One of the most important posts you’ve made and you’ve done a shitload of them. Thanks for this.

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It's IMPORTANT, but no credit to me. I'm just tacking on an opinion to their press release which is logical and easy to understand YET NOT FRONT PAGE NEWS. It's unlikely search engines will index this page. This is our era of inequality.

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Jan 25Liked by Mike Hampton

Yes. I probably wouldn’t have seen it if not for you. I’m still winding my way through the music.

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Music is freedom from Substack :)

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Jan 25Liked by Mike Hampton

I’m sure you’ve heard this one:

https://youtu.be/FnfKl0kZr9w?si=mWH_p0YoenkB-eAI

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I hadn't. Thank you for the share.

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Jan 25Liked by Mike Hampton

They play it in large public rallies for Palestine in Sweden and the whole crowd sings along.

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Thanks for sharing this incredibly important statement from Hamas.

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It's our duty to listen to all sides, especially those that don't own MSM.

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Jan 25Liked by Mike Hampton

It will be nice to see all this dirty laundry aired out in the public, Mike. But will it help? If the sculldugery was all opened it would cause much more ruckus than Epstine's files.

What fun!

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All we can do, as individuals, is to justifiably increase distrust in corrupt governments.

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Jan 25Liked by Mike Hampton

Brilliant Mike, thanks for the share. Compare this, which no one has to take at face value and can critically read, to the statements that are made in our mainstream media about what Hamas is about and what they claim. I mean, you have got to be such an automaton to uncritically swallow any of it. And the villification that is poured out if you dare question the validity of any of our media/political establishment statements on Hamas and the situation is so potent.

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People want to hate. It makes them feel better than other coloured people. It's hard to fight that ego, but try we must.

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Jan 27Liked by Mike Hampton

The apartheid needs to stop and everyone in the world needs to stop excusing this state of affairs.

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Absolutely. Excuseism is politically contrived fake moralism.

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Jan 30Liked by Mike Hampton

Thank you. I'd already verified the partial accuracy of the ICC position, so that gives me confidence in the rest. However what Hamas has missed is that circa 2004 Israel suspended its adherence to the Rome Statute (I don't recall the actual text): so, in effect, the ICC lacks practical jurisdiction over Israel. Accordingly, I was surprised at South Africa's move on the Genocide Convention, to which I've never paid much attention - it amounts to a fleshed-out version of the crime of genocide set out in the Rome Statute.

The more interesting question, to which I have no answer, is whether ICC effectively has jurisdiction over the West Bank, given that Israel is the occupying power. Perhaps someone needs to bring a case and see what happens! ;)

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Israel never signed the Rome Statute which would have forced an address of its illegal occupation. It is also not a member of the ICJ (different to ICC) but was forced to appear because it is a signatory to the Geneva Convention.

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Feb 22Liked by Mike Hampton

Doesn't Israel have some BS position re: the West Bank (and Gaza?) to the effect that their occupation doesn't legally constitute an occupation? Something along the lines of the legal definition only applies to occupation of territory to which another state has claim - and that no recognized state claims those territories?

Russia is about to host a meeting of all Palestinian factions - wonder if this is part of a serious move toward establishment & recognition of a Palestinian state?

In any case, thanks for posting this - I found it crossposted to Frances Leader's Substack 'Uncensored' .

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Semantics is never a good argument, least of all their justification for cruelty, so let's focus on labelling bullshit bullshit and not let them distract us. I'm speaking both specifically and generally, and as a South African.

Russia is seeking to replace the US in the Middle East. I can;t see the future so can;t say if that's good or bad, but, in this moment, I'm happy for them to be more proactive.

Yes, thanks Frances.

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Feb 22Liked by Mike Hampton

Thanks. Interesting point. Without arguing the legal merits, I'd make a couple of comments that I hope you find helpful.

First: my understanding on the Rome Statute is that Palestine has been a signatory since about 2016. If that is right, then it's in an anomalous position in respect of the UN. On that, my understanding is that it's not formally recognized as a full UN member state with voting rights, only with "observer" rights. But the General Assembly has a number of interesting powers, including I believe recognition, sanctions, etc, that can't necessarily be blocked by the Security Council. Food for thought.

Secondly: some recent impressions of the ICJ. As with other international Courts, it seems to have a relatively equitable [1] approach to jurisdiction (compared to national courts with international jurisdiction). Because in the end the buck stops with them. If that is right, they'll tend to reject technicalities and accept jurisdiction unless there are compelling arguments to the contrary. To the extent that so far the ICJ has resisted all of Israel's jurisdictional objections in the current Israel genocide case. Just as it so far has resisted all jurisdictional objections from the parties and the 32 intervening nations in the current Ukrainian genocide case.

[1] I say that as someone steeped in the equity tradition, though I h`ave no idea if the ICJ actually is a court of equity or it sources equivalent legal traditions. Here are the three equitable maxims I think most appropriate to dealing with such technical arguments as you've suggested: equity follows substance over form; equity will not suffer an injury to be without a remedy; and equity will not allow a statute to be used as a cloak for fraud.

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Thanks for the great input, especially "equity follows substance over form; equity will not suffer an injury to be without a remedy; and equity will not allow a statute to be used as a cloak for fraud."

Regards your first part: "On 1 January 2015, the Government of The State of Palestine lodged a declaration under article 12(3) of the Rome Statute accepting the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court ("ICC") over alleged crimes committed "in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, since June 13, 2014". On 2 January 2015, The State of Palestine acceded to the Rome Statute by depositing its instrument of accession with the UN Secretary-General. The Rome Statute entered into force for The State of Palestine on 1 April 2015."

The ICJ has worked for the West and not the World so I'm under no impression they're holy or equitous. However, the judges are human so they will be under a lot of conflicting pressure, from friends and politicians, so there's hope now where there was none before.

That so many countries are participating in this case says a lot about geopolitical shift, that there's less global fear of the USA, and some smell blood in the water.

As for action: https://mikehampton.substack.com/p/how-to-bypass-usa-veto-un-security-council-gaza

I'm too jaded to be count chickens but imagine the floodgate if Israel is condemned. Easy to imagine sanctions on Cuba busted etc.

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Feb 23Liked by Mike Hampton

Many thanks, Mike, for your useful info and link.

I'm glad you liked the equity references. I should clarify that most common law jurisdictions are also equity jurisdictions. Also, since the courts of equity and the courts of common law were almost all fused in the 19th century, it follows that almost all common law judges are also equity judges. Civil law judges won't be quite so familiar. That said, the whole idea of provisional measures is like injunctions in common law jurisdictions: and injunctions are a purely equitable remedy. In fact damages is *the* traditional common law remedy: almost all other non-statutory remedies come from equity!

As a personal anecdote, the second maxim I quoted, "equity will not suffer an injury to be without a remedy", was what inspired me to study basic law in the first place. I came across it in a library, reading Chief Justice Holt's judgment in Ashby v White, 1703. In which he used that very maxim to create a brand-new tort: misfeasance in public office. So equity, though severely constrained by its own other maxims, can be extremely powerful!

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I've got a couple of smarts but that I'm still trying to swallow that all into my brain means you're smarter than me. You have an interesting and unusual hobby :)

If only the spirit of the law was practiced equally - oh, if! - I can only imagine. Except in my dream world, crimes against Public service are doubly punished.

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On a different note, check out the documentary on this page in 90min time.

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Thanks for this restacked and link placed in my comment section.

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Cool!

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(Banned)Feb 22Liked by Mike Hampton

Cross-posted with many thanks!

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Thanks. It was interesting how my little share became the most viewed post here. Something to be said for the number of people wanting to hear the other side and not only their government.

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(Banned)Feb 22·edited Feb 22Liked by Mike Hampton

Kitman and Tawriya Taqiyyah Muruna in the Muslim faith allow them to tell only part truths and be deceitful to infidels. It is certainly Halal to lie to an infidel. Tools of deception are used to gain dominance and their goal is world dominance. Islam's conception is to bring both Judaism and Christianity to an end and inherit all their land, places of worship and people. In their view both Jews and Christians betrayed Allah when they refused to become followers. Hamas being radical Muslim terrorists makes it very difficult for me to believe anything they say. They are masters of deception. Hamas governs over Gaza not Israel.

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I liked your comment not because I agree with your dismissiveness but because the ultimate truth is that if anyone is loyal to their religion, Christian, Hindi or Moslem, they would erase the non-believers. Where I terribly disagree is that we cannot determine how much someone will use their religion as cultural rather than a flaming sword. I reckon most people go for the former, not the latter. And how could we condemn children who've not made that choice. Philosophy is one thing, watching people being killed is another. Surely you can see the wrong committed here, without excusing it? And surely you can see that this is more about politics than religion?

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Certainly I see the wrongs committed here and I neither condone nor excuse it. However, putting religion and politics aside, these are people whose thought process is completely foreign and even alien to ours and unless you've had interactions with them you really can't begin to comprehend the incongruity.

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To a degree, as I'm an absurdist, I agree e.g. https://mikehampton.substack.com/p/red-cow-god-war-middle-east-al-aqsa

My bigger argument is that when innocent people are getting killed and molested, human rights trumps differences. I would hope that a Moslem, Christian or Satanist would give me a helping hand if I were buried in a landslide, and I'd give them a big human hug of thanks.

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:(

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Feb 22Liked by Mike Hampton

Although Jesus is revered as a prophet in Islam, whereas many if not most Israeli Jews despise Christians - not that they are open about that when cultivating the Christian Zionist rubes.

How do you figure it is that after about 1300 years of Muslim rule (and 80 or so years of Crusade-era Christian rule) that there were still significant numbers of Jews and Christians in Palestine when the Brits took it in 1917? Muslim rulers just hadn't gotten around to wiping them out? Were too incompetent to pull it off?

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Who exactly appointed you speaker for "most Israeli Jews"?

Perhaps because God is not with the uncivilized Muslim murderers.

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Your version of God?

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Letsrock, you were asked a question which you never answered, but went for insults. I gave you opportunity which you never took, and thus will adopt your own slogan "I do not suffer fools gladly" as I do not suffer trolls gladly.

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(Banned)Feb 22Liked by Mike Hampton

Excellent questions which have gone unanswered I see! 🙄

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Great that you posted this essential document. I red and forwarded it too in January. Hamas is not what the presstitutes of the west said. October 7th neither. The Ansarallah neither. The west and the zionist are clearly a terrorist organization operating organically and with impunity, since the end of WWII (and before either). The ceasefire proposal of Hamas was a very detailed one, highly accurate and realistic, mature. But the madness and bloodlust of the zionist occupation, with the support of the west (US as the principal supporter, complicit), is overwhelming, and disgusting. No moral compass at all, all the opposite. The world is shifting. The west is falling in a pit of darkness. The middle east is revealing another light. Hopefully justice would be soon, ASAP, served. "Without accountability there are not justice, without justice there are no peace", as Riyad Mansour remark in the ICJ on Monday.

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Well commented.

Our world is upside down. The heroes in the Middle East are the Houthis.

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A moral beacon the Houthis. Yes.

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(Banned)Feb 22Liked by Mike Hampton

There is an uncomfortable aspect of the horrors of Gaza that nobody is addressing and that concerns me greatly.

I wrote about it here: https://francesleader.substack.com/p/world-economic-forumunited-nations

"If you live in the GAP you have two choices - die or migrate.

If you live in the CORE you have no choices - accept migrants, poverty, compacted living and debt."

I do think that any conflict in the world needs to be viewed through the lens of the Pentagon Brief as outlined above.

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An interesting read. I can appreciate your "core" and "gap" argument because the fight between West (USA/Europe) and East (Russia and China) is more like employees jockeying for the manager's position in the UN etc.

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The UN fail to act, to uphold the Number 1 Declaration of it's Charter, instead watched live streamed Genocide in action and took no action to uphold its primary declared purpose. The UN as evidenced lost credibility and standing. The entirety of the board watch children, women and young men with no realistic means of defendig themselves against a full fledged military, murderer at will, while they discuss corporate business without visible evidence of their understanding or actualization of the obvious urgency of the matter. The casualness of their conduct speaks volumes. Bottom line is they failed at what they themselves declare to be the primary purpose of their corporation. I have no confidence, I witnessed no conviction to the Chartered purpose.

Add to this the intentions to alter and enhance control of mankind by means of their own franchises within the UN in the form of the W.H.O. and the World Bank. I do not consent to the usurpation of authority or jurisdiction over man by private for profit corporations.

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The UN is definitely a questionable organisation, and I see it as the marketing arm of imperialism. But within it there are those who don't share my view, or are coming around to it, but joined to help. The staff have included terrific people, but its leadership has never come across as honest. Nevertheless, there is a shift in the mood of the world, and I hope that the judges don't want to see themselves written about negatively in the history books.

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Feb 26Liked by Mike Hampton

A masterpiece! Thanks.

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That tactic is ancient trolling by now. If you make an effort, you can come up with better propaganda. In your world, Palestinians were well cared for pets of the IDF? Oh, no, wait, they are animals, you say, but not Palestinian breed because Palestine doesn't exist? Just look at the world. It's biased for you yet the narrative is changing anyway. Be practical. Admit you need a new tactic. Personally, I'm hoping you choose human rights so that Jews and Arabs can peacefully coexist. No one else needs to die.

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