Responding to news that the Israeli government denied entry to a group agitating for a boycott of Israel, including Rabbi Alissa Wise, an executive with “Jewish Voice for Peace,” the Coalition for Jewish Values issued the following statement:

Israel’s decision is prudent, reasonable, and entirely justified. No government is expected to welcome those who advocate for that nation’s destruction. In the case of Israel, an individual who arrogates for herself the title of rabbi, yet displays ignorance of the classic signs of anti-Semitism and aligns herself with those anxious to shed Jewish blood is yet more dangerous and thus even less welcome.