TEL AVIV – In a first, Israel denied entry to a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement activist who arrived at Ben-Gurion airport Monday on a tourist visa. Dr. Isabel Phiri, Associate General Secretary for the World Council of Churches (WCC) for Public Witness and Diakonia, was stopped at the airport at the behest of Interior Minister Aryeh Deri – the first case of its kind since a Knesset bill was introduced allowing authorities to bar supporters of the boycott Israel movement from visiting the country.