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Taxes on Income (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Tax rate | 23.00% | 23.00% | 23.00%
Federal corporate income tax rate | 21.00% |  |
Corporate tax on cash dividends distributed from exempted profits | 25.00% |  |
Withholding tax deduction from cash dividends distributed from benefited profits | 20.00% |  |
Non-Israeli subsidiaries' undistributed earnings for which Company has not provided for Israeli income and foreign withholding taxes | $ 8,702 |  |
Assumed deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from non-Israeli subsidiaries'' undistributed earnings | 1,188 |  |
Net operating loss carry-forwards | $ 300 |  |
Preferred Enterprise [Member] |  |  |
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Reduction in corporate tax rate | 12.00% |  |
Preferred Enterprise [Member] | Development Area A [Member] |  |  |
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Corporate statutory tax rate on 2017 and thereafter | 7.50% |  |
Corporate statutory tax rate on 2016 | 7.50% |  |
Reduction in corporate tax rate | 7.50% |  |
Preferred Enterprise [Member] | Rest Of Country [Member] |  |  |
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Corporate statutory tax rate on 2016 and thereafter | 16.00% |  |
Reduction in corporate tax rate | 6.00% |  |
Israel Tax Reform [Member] |  |  |
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Corporate statutory tax rate on 2018 and thereafter | 23.00% |  |
Corporate statutory tax rate on 2016 | 25.00% |  |
Beneficial Enterprise [Member] |  |  |
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Tax exemption | $ 54,303 |  |
Assumed income tax liability | $ 13,576 |  |

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