RECITALS

                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.30

                 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is 
effective as of November 11, 1997, between STAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., a 
Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), as successor in interest to STAR 
Vending, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and XXXXX XXXX XXXXXX ("EMPLOYEE").

                                 RECITALS

     A.   Company and Employee are parties to that certain Employment 
Agreement dated January 1, 1996 (the "Employment Agreement"), pursuant to 
which Employee is employed by Company.


     B.   The parties desire to extend the expiration date of the Employment 
Agreement, and thus have determined to amend the Employment Agreement as set 
forth in this Agreement.

                                AGREEMENTS

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree to amend the Employment Agreement as 
follows:

     1.   DEFINED TERMS. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not 
otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Employment 
Agreement. From and after the date hereof, the term "Agreement" as used in 
the Employment Agreement will mean the Employment Agreement as amended by 
this Amendment, unless and until such Employment Agreement may again be 
amended.

     2.   AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2. Section 2 of the Employment Agreement shall 
be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

     "2.  TERM. The term of Employee's employment by Company pursuant to this 
      Agreement shall be for the period commencing January 1, 1996 and ending 
      December 31, 2000. The term of Employee's employment is subject to 
      earlier termination as provided in Section 7."

     3.   CONFIRMATION. Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the 
Employment Agreement will continue unchanged, and the terms and conditions of 
the Employment Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, are ratified and 
confirmed.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the 
date first set forth above.

"COMPANY"                               "EMPLOYEE"

STAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
a Delaware corporation

By     /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx                       /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
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     Xxxx Xxxxx, President                    Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx

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