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Financial Expenses, Net | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Financial Expenses, Net [Abstract] |
Financial Expenses, Net | Note 24 - FINANCIAL EXPENSES, NET
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest on long-term bank debt |  | $ | (7,148 | ) |  | $ | (7,214 | ) |  | $ | (6,968 | )
Interest on Series A Notes |  |  | (10,787 | ) |  |  | (5,753 | ) |  |  | (4,395 | )
Interest on short-term bank credit and loans |  |  | (2,528 | ) |  |  | (3,802 | ) |  |  | (1,699 | )
Loss on marketable securities |  |  | - |  |  |  | (2,464 | ) |  |  | - |
Gain (loss) from exchange rate differences, net |  |  | 126 |  |  |  | 7,565 |  |  |  | (9,094 | )
Other |  |  | (9,922 | ) |  |  | (10,839 | ) |  |  | (4,330 | )
|  |  | (30,259 | ) |  |  | (22,507 | ) |  |  | (26,486 | )
Income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest on cash, cash equivalents and bank deposits |  |  | 1,821 |  |  |  | 2,579 |  |  |  | 3,224 |
Other |  |  | 2,353 |  |  |  | 6,359 |  |  |  | 2,011 |
|  |  | 4,173 |  |  |  | 8,938 |  |  |  | 5,235 |
|  | $ | (26,086 | ) |  | $ | (13,569 | ) |  | $ | (21,251 | )

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