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Shareholders' Equity (Fair Value Assumptions) (Details) (Share Option Plan (2004) [Member]) | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended
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Oct. 15, 2008 $3.82 [Member] | Dec. 21, 2010 $18.82 [Member] | Sep. 13, 2012 $15.28 [Member]
Average Risk-free interest rate | 3.73% | [1] | 3.00% |  | 1.33% |
Expected dividend yield | 0.00% |  | 0.00% | [1] | 0.00% | [1]
Average expected volatility | 112.42% | [2] | 82.64% |  | 64.71% |
Termination rate | 11.00% |  | 9.00% | [2] | 9.00% | [2]
Suboptimal rate | 3.45% | [3] | 3.45% |  | 3.20% |
[1] | Risk-free interest rate represents risk free US$ zero-coupon US Government Bonds at time of grant.
[2] | Expected average volatility represents a weighted average standard deviation rate for the price of the Company's ordinary shares on the NASDAQ National Market.
[3] | Suboptimal rate represents the multiple of the increase in the market share price on the day of grant of the option which, should it come to pass, will lead to exercise of the option by the employee. It is the average suboptimal rate of the Company and similar companies.

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- Definition The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(iii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 123R -Paragraph A240 -Subparagraph e(2)(c) -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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- Definition The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(iv) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 123R -Paragraph A240 -Subparagraph e(2)(d) -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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