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Major Customer And Geographic Information (Schedule Of Revenue By Geographic Areas) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 2,925,151	$ 2,888,607	$ 2,817,465
Europe
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	546,699	561,142	552,379
North America
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	860,653	909,395	890,686
Israel
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	705,683	519,852	697,261
Latin America
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	282,957	258,761	165,516
Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	448,133	568,458	459,952
Other Areas
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 81,026	$ 70,999	$ 51,671

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Amount of revenue from external customers for the business line. Such disclosure is presented if the amount is: (a) included in the measure of business line profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of business line profit or loss.

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