Edited sentence: For the first time, the left's antisemitic tendencies were widely discussed.One of the most prominent figures in this process was Joschka Fischer, later to become Germany's first Green minister of foreign affairs.The de-facto "selection" of Jewish hostages by left-wing terrorists came as a shocking blow to many of the European (especially German) radical left.This led to large groups of terrorism supporters turning away from violence as a viable means of transforming Western society