SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 6-K
                        Report of Foreign Private Issuer
                        Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                          For the Month of August 2005

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                               ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.
                 (Translation of Registrant's Name into English)
           Advanced Technology Center, P.O.B. 539, Haifa 31053, Israel
                    (Address of Principal Corporate Offices)

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         Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated by reference herein is
the registrant's press release dated August 24, 2005 announcing the results of
the Extraordinary General Meeting of the registrant's shareholders held on
August 23, 2005.

                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                       ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.

                                       (Registrant)


                                       By: /s/ Ilan Pacholder
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                                       Name:  Ilan Pacholder
                                       Title: Corporate Secretary

Dated:  August 24, 2005





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

    EXHIBIT NO.      DESCRIPTION

    1.               Press release dated August 24, 2005.






                                                                       EXHIBIT 1

  ELBIT SYSTEMS SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE THE AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE PURCHASE OF
               ELISRA AND TADIRAN COMMUNICATIONS SHARES FROM KOOR

August 24, 2005, Elbit Systems Ltd. (the "Company") (Nasdaq NM: ESLT) announced
that at its Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on August 23,
2005 at the Company's offices in Haifa, the proposed resolution described in the
Proxy Statement to Shareholders dated August 2, 2005, was approved by the
required majority.

The resolution approved at the meeting was the approval and ratification of the
agreements entered into by the Company on July 6, 2005 regarding the purchase
from Koor Industries Ltd. ("Koor") of its ordinary shares in Elisra Electronic
Systems Ltd. ("Elisra"). Also approved was the ratification of the amendment
agreement entered into on July 6, 2005 by the Company and Koor, relating to the
amended share transfer and amended shareholder agreement, amending the original
agreements entered into on December 27, 2004 regarding the Company's purchase of
Koor's ordinary shares in Tadiran Communications Ltd. ("Tadiran").

This approval by the Company's shareholders of the agreements relating to the
purchase of the Elisra and Tadiran shares is one of the conditions required for
the completion of the transaction relating to the purchase of the Elisra and
Tadiran shares. The transaction had previously been approved by the Company's
Audit Committee and Board of Directors. The parties are in the process of
obtaining the remaining required approvals to complete the transaction.

ABOUT ELBIT SYSTEMS 

Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international defense electronics company engaged in a
wide range of defense-related programs throughout the world, in the areas of
aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers,
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ("C4ISR"), advanced electro-optic
and space technologies. The Company focuses on the upgrading of existing
military platforms and developing new technologies for defense and homeland
security applications.

For more about Elbit Systems, please visit our website at  www.elbitsystems.com

CONTACTS

   Company contact                                    IR Contacts 
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   Ilan Pacholder, Corporate Secretary and            Ehud Helft/Kenny Green
   VP Finance & Capital Markets
   ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.                                 GK INTERNATIONAL
   Tel:  972-4  831-6632                              Tel: 1-866-704-6710
   Fax: 972-4 831-6659                                Fax: 972-3-607-4711
   pacholder@elbit.co.il                              ehud@gk-biz.com 
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                                                      kenny@gk-biz.com 
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STATEMENTS IN THIS PRESS RELEASE WHICH ARE NOT HISTORICAL DATA ARE
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WHICH INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES
OR OTHER FACTORS NOT UNDER THE COMPANY'S CONTROL, WHICH MAY CAUSE ACTUAL
RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COMPANY TO BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT
FROM THE RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR OTHER EXPECTATIONS IMPLIED BY THESE
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE FACTORS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE
DETAILED IN THE COMPANY'S PERIODIC FILINGS WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION.

HAIFA     P.O.B 539     ISRAEL 31053    TEL. 972-4-8315315    FAX. 972-4-8550002
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