About
The Yasser Arafat Foundation is a public and non-profit organization, with legal personality and independent financial status. Presidential Decree No. 5 of 2007 established it. Three other presidential decrees were issued concerning the Foundation in the years 2008, 2015 and 2021. The Foundation aims to preserve the legacy of the late president and to perpetuate his memory among the Palestinian people and the Arab and friendly peoples, and to carry out charitable, humanitarian, social, and academic activities to serve the Palestinian people. The Foundation receives government support.