EXHIBIT 10.30A


                                                                   BANK HAPOALIM
                                                               NEW YORK BRANCHES
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                                                                     May 8, 2001

Ms.  Renee  Fulk
Chief  Financial  Officer
Level  8  Systems,  Inc.
8000  Regency  Parkway
Cary,  North  Carolina  27511

RE:     $15,000,000  LINE  OF  CREDIT  FROM  BANK  HAPOALIM  B.M.  (THE  "BANK")
     TO  LEVEL  8  SYSTEMS,  INC.  (THE  "COMPANY").

Dear  Ms.  Fulk:

     This will confirm that an application for extension of he maturity date for
the  above  referenced  loan is being processed by the Bank.  We will extend the
loan  to  April  15,  2002  and  anticipated delivering amended documents to the
Company  for  execution  shortly.

                              Very  truly  yours,

                              Bank  Hapoalim  B.M.


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