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Exhibit 31.1

# SECTION 302
CERTIFICATION

I, Carmel Vernia, certify
that:

| | (1) | I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Israel Growth Partners
                    Acquisition Corp. (the Registrant);
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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
Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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| | (4) | The
Registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for
               establishing and maintaining disclosures controls and procedures (as
defined in                Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)  and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant
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 Registrant, 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. | evaluated
the effectiveness of the Registrant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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| | c. | disclosed
in this report any change in the Registrants internal control                over
financial reporting that occurred during the Registrants most recent
               fiscal quarter (the Registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of
an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
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| | (5) | The
Registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
                    our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the                     Registrants auditors and theaudit committee
of the Registrants board of directors (or person performing the equivalent
functions):
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| | a. | all
significant deficiencies and material weakness in the design or operation of
               internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
               adversely affect the Registrant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 Registrants internal control over
               financial reporting.
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|Dated: December 12, 2006 |  | /s/ Carmel Vernia
Carmel VerniaChief Executive Officer
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