Magdi Allam, a recent convert from Islam to Christianity,
". . . explained his decision to title a recent book 'Viva Israele' by saying he wrote it after he received death threats from Hamas.
"'Having been condemned to death, I have reflected a long time on the value of life. And I discovered that behind the origin of the ideology of hatred, violence and death is the discrimination against Israel. Everyone has the right to exist except for the Jewish state and its inhabitants,' he said. 'Today, Israel is the paradigm of the right to life.'"
(Quoted from Yahoo News.)