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                                                                    Exhibit 32.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
        In connection with the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Elbit Systems Ltd.
(the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2003 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the
undersigned, Joseph Ackerman, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certifies,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to sec. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
                 (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
         13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
                 (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
         all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations
         of the Company.




Date: June 14, 2004

                                             /s/ Joseph Ackerman
                                             -------------------
                                             Joseph Ackerman
                                             Chief Executive Officer





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