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Exhibit
12.(a).1

I, David Avner, certify
that:

|(1) | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Partner Communications
          Company Ltd.;
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|(2) | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
          material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
          made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
          misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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|(3) | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
          included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
          condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for,
          the periods presented in this report;
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|(4) | The companys other certifying officer and I are responsible for
          establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
          Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
          reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
          company and have:
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| | (a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
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| | (b) | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles;
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| | (c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the companys disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and
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| | (d) | disclosed in this report any change in the companys internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the companys
internal control over financial reporting; and
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|(5) | The companys other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
          most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
          companys auditors and the audit committee of the companys board of
          directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | (a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
               of internal control over financial reporting   which are reasonably likely
               to adversely affect the companys ability to record, process, summarize and
               report financial information; and
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| | (b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
               who have a significant role in the companys   internal control over
               financial reporting.
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Date: June 10, 2007

| |  | /s/ David Avner
David AvnerChief Executive Officer
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