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Available-For-Sale Marketable Securities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Available-For-Sale Marketable Securities [Abstract] |
Available-For-Sale Marketable Securities | Note 9 - AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE MARKETABLE SECURITIES In 2012 the Company invested approximately $51,000 in available-for-sale marketable securities. As of December 31, 2012, the fair value, amortized cost and gross unrealized holding gains and losses of such securities were as follows:
|  | December 31, 2012 |
|  | Amortized cost |  |  | Gross unrealized gains |  |  | Gross unrealized losses |  |  | Fair value |
Government debentures - fixed and floating interest rate |  | $ | 12,428 |  |  |  | 192 |  |  |  | - |  |  | $ | 12,620 |
Corporate debentures - fix and floating interest rate |  |  | 36,901 |  |  |  | 594 |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 37,441 |
|  | $ | 49,329 |  |  |  | 786 |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  | $ | 50,111 |
The contractual maturities of the available-for-sale marketable securities in future years are as follows:
|  | December 31, 2012
2014 |  | $ | 1,810 |
2015 |  |  | 9,735 |
2016 |  |  | 18,016 |
2017 |  |  | 13,659 |
2018 and after |  |  | 2,920 |
|  | $ | 46,140 |
As of December 31, 2012, interest receivable amounted to $537, included in other receivables.

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