JERUSALEM, July 21, 2025 (WAFA) – The Jerusalem Governorate affirmed that the so-called colonial “Food Truck Festival,” organized by the occupation municipality in the city, is one of the tools of cultural Judaization aimed at erasing the Palestinian identity of Jerusalem and imposing an artificial cultural reality that serves the Israeli colonial project.

The governorate explained in a statement issued today, Monday, that the festival, held for the seventh consecutive year, began at the start of July and continues until the 24th of this month in the “High Commissioner’s Palace” area southeast of the historic Jerusalem wall, featuring participation from more than 30 restaurants and including light shows displayed in the city’s sky.

The statement added that this festival, known as the so-called colonial “Auto Ochel” festival, is part of a series of Judaizing cultural events organized by the occupation, aiming to promote false narratives and showcase stolen or fabricated cultural elements in an attempt to give the occupied city a Jewish character and distort its ancient history.

The Jerusalem Governorate stressed that such activities are used as a soft cover to impose a new colonial reality, calling for popular and international confrontation of these practices and reaffirming the Palestinian identity of Jerusalem and its historical, religious, and cultural character.

The governorate concluded its statement by emphasizing that Jerusalem will remain Palestinian despite all attempts at erasure and Judaization, affirming that these policies will neither succeed in changing reality nor in erasing the collective memory of our people or their cultural heritage.

T.R.