This is the first part of an interview with Rashid Khalidi, a renowned Palestinian American scholar and author of "The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine." Khalidi discusses the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel and the ferocity of the war the Israeli government launched in response. He touches on Israel’s war in Lebanon against Hezbollah and against other Iranian allies in the Middle East. He also details Washington’s indispensable support for Israel’s wars and the popular opposition in the United States and around the world to U.S. and Israeli war aims.