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                                   EXHIBIT 31
                    RULE 13A-14(A) / 15D-14(A) CERTIFICATIONS

I, Haim Tsuff, Chief Executive and Principal Financial Officer of Isramco, Inc.,
certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Isramco, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 2004;

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 annual report;

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 annual report;

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
registrant and I have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such controls and
procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this annual report is being prepared;

b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this annual report based on such evaluation; and

c) Disclosed in this annual 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

5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of the internal control
over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee
of registrant's board of directors (or persons fulfilling the equivalent
function):

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 registrant's ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and

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.


Date: March 30, 2005                    /s/ HAIM TSUFF
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                                            HAIM TSUFF
                                            CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                            (AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER)


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