[4] The series portrays the history of the Zionist movement and the creation of the state of Israel and includes scenes on The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
[10] In 2004, the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France said that scenes in Al-Shatat, which purported to depict the history of the Zionist movement, portrayed the killing of a Christian child by Jews to use the victim's blood to make matzoh.
In response, Hezbollah said it was “an artistic work based on clear historical facts”[17] and Al-Manar’s program director, Nasser Akhdar, said the series was “purely historical”, based on 250 sources written by Jews.The program covers the history of the Jews and the Zionists between 1812 and 1948, he said, and underlines the Jewish emigration to Palestine, the Balfour Declaration, and the European policies regarding this issue during that period.
Holocaust Memorial Museum’s exhibition about the Protocols: [One] scene includes all the classic hallmarks of conspirators at work: In an underground location, a dozen men surround a candle-lit table and talk in hushed tones.
[20][21] According to Ha'aretz, Zionist leaders portrayed in it are mostly shown wearing Haredi ("ultra-Orthodox") clothing, and depicted as conspirators and plotters.
In one scene, an actress playing a diseased prostitute in a European brothel run by a Jewish madam speaks of her desire to infect non-Jews.