ARD, the consortium of public televisions in Germany, will finally broadcast Wednesday evening a documentary on the rise of anti-Semitismthe in Europe that French-German channel ARTE refused to show because it is ‘’too pro-Israel.’’

The documentary, ‘’Chosen and Excluded – The Hate for Jews in Europe,’’ was originally commissioned by ARTE. , on Wednesday evening.

ARD, which is the world’s largest public broadcaster, said the topic of this documentary is important to us.’’ ‘’We have thoroughly tested the film and I have decided to put it in a transparent way and make it accessible to a wide audience so that viewers can make their own opinion,’’ said Volker Herres, Director of Programs at ARD.

Volker Beck, a lawmaker for the Green Party in theBundestag, the German federal parliament, who had urged ARTE to show the documentary, welcomed ARD’s move: ‘’I welcome ARD’s willingness to show the antisemitism documentary. Now everybody can form an opinion. And that is good.”

Arte’s program director, Alain le Diberder, said that his channel decided not to air the program because its producers, Joachim Schroeder and Sophie Hafner, had said the documentary would focus on anti-Semitism in Europe, whereas in reality it ended up dealing mainly with the phenomenon in the Arab world.

The prevalence of violent attacks and hate speech against Jews increased 17 years ago across Western Europe, reaching levels that had previously not been observed since the end of WWII. The majority of attacks, according to watchdog groups, are perpetrated by people of Arab or Muslim descent who target Jews out of animosity toward Israel. This phenomenon is described as “the new anti-Semitism.”

ARTE’s decision drew angry reactions in Germany, from the Central Council of German Jews, and in Israel, but also from public figures, among them scholars, politicians and artists who acclaimed the documentary.

Emmanuel Nahshon, spokesperson of Israeli foreign ministry, said “Israel believes the film should be shown and we find the decision not to show it very disturbing. Bild is to be congratulated for its initiative. The European public opinion should know the truth.”

He was referring to the decision by Bild daily newspaper, the largest circulation in Germany, to show the film on its website to protest ARTE’s decision. Bild headlined the film: “Jew-Hatred: Bild Shows the Documentary Which Arte Won’t.”

In an unusual move, Israel’s ambassador to France, Aliza Bin-Noun, criticized in harsh terms ARTE’s decision.

In an open letter to ARTE’s president, Veronique Cayla, she stressed that hatred of Jews and hate of Israel are intertwined.

Anti-Semitism “kills,” Bin-Noun wrote, referencing the murder of four Jews at a school in Toulouse in 2012 and the murder of another four at a Paris kosher supermarket in 2015. “Anti-Semitism, which expresses itself these days through anti-Zionism, contributes to the denial of Israel’s right to exist,” she added.

The 90-minute film covers the various forms of Jew hatred that prevail in Europe and showcases the relationship between anti-Semitism and bashing of Israel within the media.

It covers anti-Semitism in children’s programming in the Middle East, physical threats to Jews in French and German cities and the role of anti-Semitism in the media.

Presenting the various ways in which anti-Semitism is expressed in contemporary Europe, the documentary shows right-wing Neo-Nazis, the anti-Israel BDS campaign and a demonstrator dressed like a hippie who designates himself a libertarian and praises the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion.” Anti-Semitism among worker’s rights activists in France is featured alongside cases of Muslim Jew-hatred, some of which culminate in the torturing and cold-blooded murder of Jews.

Paying special attention to the denigration of the state of Israel as one of the most prevalent contemporary forms of Jew-hatred, the documentary highlights the activities of NGOs that engage in anti-Semitic Israel bashing while receiving European tax money. In order to contextualize anti-Semitic libel about the Jewish state by contrasting it with the reality on the ground, the producers included footage from Israel and the Palestinian territories.

The European political support of anti-Semitism targeting Israel is presented in the film, including a speech by the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the European Parliament earlier this year in which he told MEPs that rabbis urged Israel’s government to poison Arab water supplies. The European Parliament, including his then-president Martin Schultz rewarded Abbas with a standing ovation. Anti-Semitism is traced, among others, in Germany, France, Belgium, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank, including that of Muslims.

The producer, Joachim Schroeder, denied Arte’s claim, saying that he delivered by filming anti-Semitism in Germany and France. A 90-minute film can’t possibly cover antisemitism “from Oslo to Minsk,” he added.

He told The Jerusalem Post that Arte’s editors failed to recognize that “modern anti-Semitism is anti-Zionism.”

He added that there is fierce opposition within European television outlets to refrain from bashing Israel.