I know they never amounted to more than a tiny handful of the whole movement, but those Zionist extremists in the postwar 1940s who went around vandalizing Chistian artwork certainly got an outsized share of attention, and had a disproportionate influence on how the movement was perceived by those outside of it. Certainly, it alienated numerous Christian leaders and groups who otherwise might have been inclined to give Zionism a hearing. At least one protestnt churchman in America cited whats-his-name's desecration of The Last Supper as one reason he couldn't support the movement.
So, if those young hotheads had had a moment of quiet reflection before deciding to traipse about Europe with their rotten fruit and buckets of paint, how could things have been different?
So, if those young hotheads had had a moment of quiet reflection before deciding to traipse about Europe with their rotten fruit and buckets of paint, how could things have been different?