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Long-Term Bank Deposits And Other Receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Long-Term Bank Deposits And Other Receivables [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Long-Term Bank Deposits And Other Receivables |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Restricted deposits with banks (1) |  | $ | 2,271 |  |  | $ | 25,032 |
Hedging receivables related to Series A Notes (See Note 16) |  |  | 3,112 |  |  |  | 10,907 |
Deposit with banks and other long-term receivables (2) |  |  | 6,832 |  |  |  | 8,462 |
|  | $ | 12,215 |  |  | $ | 44,401 |
| (1) | Restricted deposits in respect of an issued bank guarantee.
| (2) | Includes long-term balances of non-qualified deferred compensation plan structured under Section 409A in the amount of $5,427 and $5,604 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively (See Note 17).

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