French author Annie Ernaux, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, has repeatedly shown solidarity with the Palestinian cause and backed a boycott of Israel. Ernaux, whose writing career spans five decades, is the first French woman to have won the prestigious award. In 2021, as Israel ejected Palestinians from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem and conducted a ruthless bombing campaign on the besieged Gaza Strip that killed more than 250 Palestinians, Ernaux signed a letter “against apartheid” that condemned Israel for its actions. “We demand an immediate and unconditiona…