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Financial Expenses, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Interest and Debt Expense [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Financial Expenses, Net |
| Year ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Expenses: |  |  |  |  |
Interest on long-term bank debt | $ | (4,825 | ) |  | $ | (7,148 | ) |  | $ | (7,214 | )
Interest on Series A Notes, net | (9,715 | ) |  | (10,787 | ) |  | (5,753 | )
Interest on short-term bank credit and loans | (2,444 | ) |  | (2,528 | ) |  | (3,802 | )
Loss on marketable securities | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,464 | )
Gain (loss) from exchange rate differences, net | (12,307 | ) |  | 126 |  |  | 7,565 |
Other | (11,145 | ) |  | (9,923 | ) |  | (10,839 | )
| (40,436 | ) |  | (30,260 | ) |  | (22,507 | )
Income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest on cash, cash equivalents and bank deposits | 1,035 |  |  | 1,821 |  |  | 2,579 |
Other | 2,091 |  |  | 2,353 |  |  | 6,359 |
| 3,126 |  |  | 4,174 |  |  | 8,938 |
| $ | (37,310 | ) |  | $ | (26,086 | ) |  | $ | (13,569 | )

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