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Taxes on Income (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Taxes on Income (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 01, 2011	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Taxes on Income (Textual)
Effective corporate tax rate			23.00%	23.00%	24.00%
Loss carryforwards			$ 14,053
Rate of withholdings tax applying to dividend paid to a foreign resident company			4.00%
Expenses taxes with regards to tax uncertainties				$ 1,050	$ 300
Statutory tax rate			23.00%	23.00%	24.00%
Capital gains tax rate, description			A 12% capital gains tax rate on the sale of a preferred intangible asset to a foreign affiliated enterprise, provided that the asset was initially purchased from a foreign resident at an amount of NIS 200 million or more.
Tax rate of dividends that distributed to individual or foreign residents from the preferred earnings			20.00%
Industrial Companies [Member]
Taxes on Income (Textual)
Tax benefits, description			Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 1969 (the "Industrial Encouragement Law"). The Industrial Encouragement Law defines an "Industrial Company" as a company that is resident in Israel and that derives at least 90% of its income in any tax year, other than income from defense loans, capital gains, interest and dividends, from an enterprise whose major activity in a given tax year is industrial production. Under the Industrial Encouragement Law, the Company is entitled to amortization of the cost of purchased know-how and patents over an eight-year period for tax purposes as well as accelerated depreciation rates on equipment and buildings.
Non Israel Subsidiaries [Member]
Taxes on Income (Textual)
Currently held outside of Israel that would be subject to income taxes if distributed as dividends			$ 12,426
Tax Amendment [Member]
Taxes on Income (Textual)
Tax benefits, description			In the years 2017 and 2018, part of the Company's taxable income in Israel was entitled to a preferred 12% tax rate in the preferred technological enterprise track under Amendment 73 to the Investment Law. In 2019 the Company transitioned to the preferred enterprise track entitling it to a preferred 16% tax rate under Amendment 73 to the Investment Law.
England [Member]
Taxes on Income (Textual)
Loss carryforwards			$ 3,964
Minimum [Member]
Taxes on Income (Textual)
Effective corporate tax rate					21.00%
Maximum [Member]
Taxes on Income (Textual)
Effective corporate tax rate					35.00%
Preferred Technology Enterprise [Member]
Taxes on Income (Textual)
Rate of withholdings tax applying to dividend paid to a local resident company			20.00%
Statutory tax rate		12.00%				25.00%
Tax benefits, description		Total consolidated revenues of its parent company and all subsidiaries are less than NIS 10 billion.
Formula Telecom Solutions Ltd [Member]
Taxes on Income (Textual)
Loss carryforwards			$ 11,850
Economic Policy [Member]
Taxes on Income (Textual)
Tax benefits, description	According to the Amendment, a flat corporate tax rate of 16% was established for exporting industrial enterprises (over 25%).