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== Own words ==
 
== Own words ==
A biography of '''David Mencer''' on the [[Labour Friends of Israel]] site via the [http://web.archive.org/web/20030827124813/http://www.lfi.org.uk/ internet archive], August 2003 states:
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A biography of '''David Mencer''' on the [[Labour Friends of Israel]] site via the [http://web.archive.org/web/20030827124813/http://www.lfi.org.uk/ internet archive], August 2003 states:{{QB|
  
:Having attended Hasmonean High School in London, David Mencer went on to spend a year of study in Jerusalem, focusing on Middle Eastern historical, religious and political culture. He was in Israel during the Gulf War of 1991, and was able to volunteer for a short time in the [[Israel Defence Forces]].
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Having attended Hasmonean High School in London, David Mencer went on to spend a year of study in Jerusalem, focusing on Middle Eastern historical, religious and political culture. He was in Israel during the Gulf War of 1991, and was able to volunteer for a short time in the [[Israel Defence Forces]].
  
:On returning to the UK, David attended the London Guildhall University, where he studied Politics and Government. He completed his final year dissertation on the vexed question of the sovereignty of Jerusalem within the context of the Middle East Peace Process.
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On returning to the UK, David attended the London Guildhall University, where he studied Politics and Government. He completed his final year dissertation on the vexed question of the sovereignty of Jerusalem within the context of the Middle East Peace Process.
  
:David initially went into the [[House of Commons]] in 1995 as a research assistant to [[Joan Walley]] MP, when she was the [[Shadow Transport Minister]]. He subsequently worked for a number of shadow ministers, working finally for [[Gwyneth Dunwoody]], Chairman of the Transport Select Committee and President of LFI.
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David initially went into the [[House of Commons]] in 1995 as a research assistant to [[Joan Walley]] MP, when she was the [[Shadow Transport Minister]]. He subsequently worked for a number of shadow ministers, working finally for [[Gwyneth Dunwoody]], Chairman of the Transport Select Committee and President of [[LFI]].
  
:As Mrs Dunwoody's political aide and, following that, her electoral agent, David orchestrated her 1997 General Election campaign in Crewe and Nantwich, where her majority was raised from 2,000 to 16,000.
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As Mrs Dunwoody's political aide and, following that, her electoral agent, David orchestrated her 1997 General Election campaign in Crewe and Nantwich, where her majority was raised from 2,000 to 16,000.
  
:A short time after the [[1997 General Election]], David replaced his freelance political consultancy work for a full-time position as a Public Affairs Executive at The [[Waterfront Partnership]]. There, he was able to provide public affairs advice to a number of leading companies in the transport and food sector.
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A short time after the [[1997 General Election]], David replaced his freelance political consultancy work for a full-time position as a Public Affairs Executive at The [[Waterfront Partnership]]. There, he was able to provide public affairs advice to a number of leading companies in the transport and food sector.}}
  
===Labour Friends of Israel===
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==Interview by Yama Wolasmal==
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On 30 April 2024, [https://twitter.com/DailyPolitik The Daily Politik reported:]{{QB|
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“So we shouldn’t believe [[Hamas]]. We shouldn’t believe the [[UN]], the [[World Health Organisation]]. All the aid groups on the ground, rights groups from all over the world. We shouldn’t believe them. We should believe the [[Israeli]] Government?”
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In a calm, clinical interview held in [[Norway]], renowned journalist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yama_Wolasmal Yama Wolasmal] picks apart the duplicitous propaganda from [[Israeli]] spokesperson David Mencer.
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At one point, Mencer says (with a straight face), “We feel that we are the most humane army to have ever existed in living memory.”
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yama_Wolasmal Wolasmal:] “Then why do your soldiers shoot at people with white flags? You even shot your own hostages.”
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yama_Wolasmal Wolasmal] doesn't hold back, putting Mencer under the cosh, challenging him justify many of the claims [[Israel]] has made about its actions in [[Gaza]].
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All Mencer has are lies, fake  tears about the line of questioning, ‘trust us, we’re a democracy’ crap.
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Note: David Mencer is the former director of the largest foreign policy lobbying group in the UK Labour Party, [[Labour Friends of Israel]] and previously worked for a number of [[Labour]] MPs.<ref>''[https://www.facebook.com/TheDailyPolitik/videos/7506391949481367/ "Interview by Yama Wolasmal"]''</ref>}}
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==Labour Friends of Israel==
 
David Mencer directed [[LFI]] from July 1998 until May 2004.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-mencer/30/5a8/264 David Mencer profile], LinkedIn, accessed 15 Ocober 2012</ref>
 
David Mencer directed [[LFI]] from July 1998 until May 2004.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-mencer/30/5a8/264 David Mencer profile], LinkedIn, accessed 15 Ocober 2012</ref>
  
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According to a blog in the ''Independent'' by Labour MP [[Chris Bryant]], Mencer regards Israel President [[Shimon Peres]], whom he met on an LFI trip to Israel, as a 'hero'.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/columnists/chris-bryant/chris-bryant-millionaires-dont-have-to-be-bad-leaders--ours-are-just-dangerously-out-of-touch-6268164.html Chris Bryant: Millionaires don't have to be bad leaders – ours are just dangerously out of touch], Independent, 26 November 2011, accessed 25 October 2012</ref>
 
According to a blog in the ''Independent'' by Labour MP [[Chris Bryant]], Mencer regards Israel President [[Shimon Peres]], whom he met on an LFI trip to Israel, as a 'hero'.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/columnists/chris-bryant/chris-bryant-millionaires-dont-have-to-be-bad-leaders--ours-are-just-dangerously-out-of-touch-6268164.html Chris Bryant: Millionaires don't have to be bad leaders – ours are just dangerously out of touch], Independent, 26 November 2011, accessed 25 October 2012</ref>
  
===Weber Shandwick===
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==Weber Shandwick==
According to his profile on LinkedIn, Mencer worked at public relations firm [[Weber Shandwick]] as Director of the [[Department for Education]] Account between January 2005 and March 2008.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-mencer/30/5a8/264 David Mencer profile], LinkedIn, accessed 15 Ocober 2012</ref> He claims to have 'directed two of the firm's biggest clients, [[Department of Children Schools and Families]] and [[Save Darfur Coalition]].<ref>[http://www.raphaelconsulting.co.uk/biography.htm Credentials / Biography], [[Raphael Consulting]], accessed 25 October 2012</ref>  
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According to his profile on LinkedIn, Mencer worked at public relations firm [[Weber Shandwick]] as Director of the [[Department for Education]] Account between January 2005 and March 2008.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-mencer/30/5a8/264 David Mencer profile], LinkedIn, accessed 15 Ocober 2012</ref>  
  
===Raphael Consulting===
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He claims to have 'directed two of the firm's biggest clients, [[Department of Children Schools and Families]] and [[Save Darfur Coalition]].<ref>[http://www.raphaelconsulting.co.uk/biography.htm Credentials / Biography], [[Raphael Consulting]], accessed 25 October 2012</ref> He then worked as a Senior Consultant in the [[Central Office of Information]] from March 2008 – March 2010.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-mencer/30/5a8/264 David Mencer profile], LinkedIn, accessed 15 Ocober 2012</ref>
He then worked as a Senior Consultant in the [[Central Office of Information]] from March 2008 – March 2010.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-mencer/30/5a8/264 David Mencer profile], LinkedIn, accessed 15 Ocober 2012</ref>
 
  
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==Raphael Consulting==
 
In January 2008 he set up his own PR firm [[Raphael Consulting]], to 'provide high-level strategic and bespoke advice on public affairs, high value business to business, corporate-Government partnerships, fundraising and communications'.<ref>[http://www.raphaelconsulting.co.uk/ Home page], Raphael Consulting, accessed 25 October 2012</ref>  
 
In January 2008 he set up his own PR firm [[Raphael Consulting]], to 'provide high-level strategic and bespoke advice on public affairs, high value business to business, corporate-Government partnerships, fundraising and communications'.<ref>[http://www.raphaelconsulting.co.uk/ Home page], Raphael Consulting, accessed 25 October 2012</ref>  
  
Mencer describes himself as:
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Mencer describes himself as:{{QB|
:A senior practitioner and accomplished professional communications specialist with extensive experience and considerable knowledge of public affairs and corporate communications. With sixteen years experience, particular expertise in reputation management, stakeholder relations, media relations, crisis comms, media training, workings of Parliament, Whitehall, politics in Brussels, Paris and Rome and fundraising. With an acclaimed record of promoting misunderstood and difficult causes as well as profile raising, directly to Government, stakeholders and media.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-mencer/30/5a8/264 David Mencer profile], LinkedIn, accessed 15 October 2012</ref>
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A senior practitioner and accomplished professional communications specialist with extensive experience and considerable knowledge of public affairs and corporate communications. With sixteen years experience, particular expertise in reputation management, stakeholder relations, media relations, crisis comms, media training, workings of Parliament, Whitehall, politics in Brussels, Paris and Rome and fundraising. With an acclaimed record of promoting misunderstood and difficult causes as well as profile raising, directly to Government, stakeholders and media.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-mencer/30/5a8/264 David Mencer profile], LinkedIn, accessed 15 October 2012</ref>}}
  
 
At [[Raphael Consulting]] he has worked for [[Maitland Consultancy]], where he is listed as one of their lobbyists in the September 2014-November 2014 APPC register.<ref> [http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=Maitland%20Political  Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014] ''APPC'', accessed 21 January 2015 </ref>
 
At [[Raphael Consulting]] he has worked for [[Maitland Consultancy]], where he is listed as one of their lobbyists in the September 2014-November 2014 APPC register.<ref> [http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=Maitland%20Political  Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014] ''APPC'', accessed 21 January 2015 </ref>

Latest revision as of 11:18, 30 April 2024

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(spin doctor, propagandist, lobbyist, politician)
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Alma materHasmonean High School, London Guildhall University
InterestsIsrael

Employment.png Owner of Raphael Consulting

In office
February 2008 - Present

David Mencer, a former director of Labour Friends of Israel, described himself on his LinkedIn page as a "communications specialist".[1] By March 2024 he was an Israeli Government Spokesman[2], often reported in the commercially-controlled media, where he "expressed grief" about the killing of aid workers by an Israeli airstrike in April 2024.[3]

Own words

A biography of David Mencer on the Labour Friends of Israel site via the internet archive, August 2003 states:

Having attended Hasmonean High School in London, David Mencer went on to spend a year of study in Jerusalem, focusing on Middle Eastern historical, religious and political culture. He was in Israel during the Gulf War of 1991, and was able to volunteer for a short time in the Israel Defence Forces.

On returning to the UK, David attended the London Guildhall University, where he studied Politics and Government. He completed his final year dissertation on the vexed question of the sovereignty of Jerusalem within the context of the Middle East Peace Process.

David initially went into the House of Commons in 1995 as a research assistant to Joan Walley MP, when she was the Shadow Transport Minister. He subsequently worked for a number of shadow ministers, working finally for Gwyneth Dunwoody, Chairman of the Transport Select Committee and President of LFI.

As Mrs Dunwoody's political aide and, following that, her electoral agent, David orchestrated her 1997 General Election campaign in Crewe and Nantwich, where her majority was raised from 2,000 to 16,000.

A short time after the 1997 General Election, David replaced his freelance political consultancy work for a full-time position as a Public Affairs Executive at The Waterfront Partnership. There, he was able to provide public affairs advice to a number of leading companies in the transport and food sector.

Interview by Yama Wolasmal

On 30 April 2024, The Daily Politik reported:

“So we shouldn’t believe Hamas. We shouldn’t believe the UN, the World Health Organisation. All the aid groups on the ground, rights groups from all over the world. We shouldn’t believe them. We should believe the Israeli Government?”

In a calm, clinical interview held in Norway, renowned journalist Yama Wolasmal picks apart the duplicitous propaganda from Israeli spokesperson David Mencer.

At one point, Mencer says (with a straight face), “We feel that we are the most humane army to have ever existed in living memory.”

Wolasmal: “Then why do your soldiers shoot at people with white flags? You even shot your own hostages.”

Wolasmal doesn't hold back, putting Mencer under the cosh, challenging him justify many of the claims Israel has made about its actions in Gaza.

All Mencer has are lies, fake tears about the line of questioning, ‘trust us, we’re a democracy’ crap.

Note: David Mencer is the former director of the largest foreign policy lobbying group in the UK Labour Party, Labour Friends of Israel and previously worked for a number of Labour MPs.[4]

Labour Friends of Israel

David Mencer directed LFI from July 1998 until May 2004.[5]

He describes his role as: 'Leading the largest foreign policy pro-peace lobbying organisation in the Labour Party at the Labour Friends of Israel. Led over 70 Labour MPs and Ministers across the Middle East. Wrote speeches and press articles for Prime Minister, Chancellor, Foreign Secretary, Cabinet and other Ministers on various subjects.'

He also reports work 'Advising business icon Gerald Ronson as the Executive Director, Community Security Trust, highly regarded charity'.[6]

According to a blog in the Independent by Labour MP Chris Bryant, Mencer regards Israel President Shimon Peres, whom he met on an LFI trip to Israel, as a 'hero'.[7]

Weber Shandwick

According to his profile on LinkedIn, Mencer worked at public relations firm Weber Shandwick as Director of the Department for Education Account between January 2005 and March 2008.[8]

He claims to have 'directed two of the firm's biggest clients, Department of Children Schools and Families and Save Darfur Coalition.[9] He then worked as a Senior Consultant in the Central Office of Information from March 2008 – March 2010.[10]

Raphael Consulting

In January 2008 he set up his own PR firm Raphael Consulting, to 'provide high-level strategic and bespoke advice on public affairs, high value business to business, corporate-Government partnerships, fundraising and communications'.[11]

Mencer describes himself as:

A senior practitioner and accomplished professional communications specialist with extensive experience and considerable knowledge of public affairs and corporate communications. With sixteen years experience, particular expertise in reputation management, stakeholder relations, media relations, crisis comms, media training, workings of Parliament, Whitehall, politics in Brussels, Paris and Rome and fundraising. With an acclaimed record of promoting misunderstood and difficult causes as well as profile raising, directly to Government, stakeholders and media.[12]

At Raphael Consulting he has worked for Maitland Consultancy, where he is listed as one of their lobbyists in the September 2014-November 2014 APPC register.[13]


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