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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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))
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. | 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 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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| | d. | 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 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 the audit 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 15, 2008 |  | /s/ Carmel Vernia
Carmel VerniaChief Executive Officer
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