Comment by cbd1984

> I don’t understand the transition between these two lines.

To the rational mind, there isn't one.

To the paranoid, conspiracist, conspiracy-theory-believing mind which sees plots behind every bush and believes whole groups of people can be defined the way you define individuals, it's obvious: You're against an action done by members of a group (as they define it), so you must hate that group the way you hate the people who did the action, so you must be a member of a group which conspires to hurt their group. Note how they immediately drug Israel into the discussion; to some conspiracy theorists, Israel is Pure Evil manifest on Earth, causing endless trouble for all good and righteous human beings, so everyone who is against them must have been duped by Israel and Jews in general.

This is by no means limited to Muslim nutballs, BTW. Alex Jones frequently goes on anti-Zionist tirades, where "Zionist" is his code for "Jew" in markets where blatant antisemitism doesn't sell very well. A lot of 9/11 "truthers" also believe Israel is involved as well, because anything which makes any group of Muslims look bad must have been done by the enemies of Muslims, the Jews. Yes, that's pretty much the depth of their analysis.