Exhibit 31.1

# Certification by
Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002

I, Avi Brener, certify
that:

1.
                            I have reviewed this
Annual Report on Form 20-F of American Israeli Paper Mills                     Limited;

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.

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
                    registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual
report.

4.
                            The registrant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                     registrant and we have:

| | 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;
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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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| | d)
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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|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 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 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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|Date: June 28,  2007 |                        
|                     | /s/ Avi Brener         
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|                     | Avi Brener             
|                     | Chief Executive Officer