Eno says he witnessed the tensions firsthand during a 2013 trip to Israel. He says he doesn't understand why America continues to financially support people who believe that "'Arab' equates with 'vermin' - straightforward old-school racism delivered with the same arrogant, shameless swagger that the good ole boys of Louisiana used to affect. That is the culture our taxes are defending. It's like sending money to the Klan."

Toward the end, he writes:

Like it or not, in the eyes of most of the world, America represents 'The West'. So it is The West that is seen as supporting this war, despite all our high-handed talk about morality and democracy. I fear that all the civilisational achievements of The Enlightenment and Western Culture are being discredited - to the great glee of the mad Mullahs - by this flagrant hypocrisy. The war has no moral justification that I can see - but it doesn't even have any pragmatic value either. It doesn't make Kissingerian 'Realpolitik' sense: it just makes us look bad.

Byrne also published a note from Eno's friend, Peter Schwartz, that lays blame at both sides. "I don’t think there is any honor to go around here. Israel has lost its way and commits horrors in the interest of their own survival," Schwartz writes. "And the Arabs and Persians perpetuate a conflict ridden neighborhood with almost no exceptions, fighting against each other and with hate of Israel the only thing that they share."

In his introduction, Byrne says, "What's clear is that no one has the moral high ground."

Both letters can be read in full here. This isn't the first time Eno has made his feelings about Israel known.