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EXHIBIT 12.1

CERTIFICATION BY
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Menashe Shohat, certify that:

|1. | I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Elbit Vision Systems Ltd.;
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|2. | Based
on my  knowledge,  this  annual  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 annual report;
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|3. | Based
on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other financial  information included
      in this annual 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       annual report;
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|4. | The
 company's  other  certifying  officers  and  I  are  responsible  for  establishing  and
      maintaining  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-14 and       15d-14) for the company and have:
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|a) | designed
such disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or caused such disclosure 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 annual report is being prepared;
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|b) | 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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|c) | disclosed
in this annual 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;
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|5. | The
 company's  other  certifying  officers  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  company's  board  of  directors  (or
 persons  performing  the  equivalent       function):
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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 controls over financial reporting.
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June 29, 2006

| |  | /S/    MENASHE SHOHAT
Menashe ShohatChief Executive Officer
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