Haviv Rettig Gur
If Mehdi really believed this logic, he'd be screaming in rage day and night about all the presumably Islamophobia-inciting horrors inflicted on countless innocents by Muslim-identifying states in the name of Islam. But he doesn't rage, because he doesn't really believe this logic. He's just running cover for a bigotry he supports.
Mehdi Hasan
When people ask how is Israel inciting antisemitism around the world, this is how. The glorious Star of David, a symbol of one of the great Abrahamic faiths, being used by a rogue state as cover for its torture and abuse of Palestinian prisoners, detainees, and hostages.