‘I don’t know why our fate is being discussed by people who don’t even live here.” The 52-year-old Indigenous Kanak – who gave his name as Mike – spoke from a roadblock just north of New Caledonia’s capital last week, shortly before the visit of France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, to the Pacific territory that has been paralysed by violent protests.
Raja Shehadeh
AT THE START OF ISRAEL’S WAR on Gaza, when the intensive bombing of civilians began, the thought in my mind was: how will we Palestinians live with the Israelis after this? A year later, the question has only become more pertinent. Many atrocities ha
