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The [[American Friends of Ateret Cohanim]] is a US non-profit whose official object is "Providing funding for Yeshiva Ateret Cohanim, a higher educational institution in Israel."<ref>[http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4918 American Friends of Ateret Cohanim], Charity Navigator, accessed 21 September 2010.</ref>

However, ''Haaretz'' reported in August 2009 that money the group donated to [[Ateret Cohanim]] was being used primarily for political purposes such as purchasing Arab land in East Jerusalem.

::[[Daniel Luria]], chief fund-raiser for [[Ateret Cohanim]] in Israel, told Haaretz Sunday that the American organization's registration as an educational entity stemmed from tax considerations.

::"We are an umbrella organization that engages in redeeming land," he said. "Our [fund-raising] activity in New York goes solely toward land redemption."

::Although Ateret Cohanim also operates a yeshiva, Ateret Yerushalayim, in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, fund-raising for the yeshiva is handled by a different organization: American Friends of Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim."<ref>Uri Blau, [http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/u-s-group-invests-tax-free-millions-in-east-jerusalem-land-1.282112 U.S. group invests tax-free millions in East Jerusalem land], Haaretz, 17 August 2009.</ref>

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