Condensed Consolidated Statement Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011
REVENUES:
Chemical income	$ 100,149		$ 114,167	[1]	$ 311,104		$ 318,697	[1]
Gain on sale of fixed assets	(1,720)		19	[1]	(1,681)		59	[1]
Realized and unrealized gains on marketable securities	37		276	[1]	23		297	[1]
Translation gain	5,813		19,876	[1]	11,398		12,620	[1]
Equity in earnings (loss) of affiliates	332		89	[1]	658		268	[1]
Interest income	943		903	[1]	2,493		2,239	[1]
Leisure-time income	528		716	[1]	2,040		2,265	[1]
Gain from redemption of debt and other income	65		4,412	[1]	661		6,356	[1]
Total revenues	107,867		140,458	[1]	328,377		342,801	[1]
EXPENSES:
Chemical expense - cost of goods sold	88,073		101,579	[1]	275,062		283,677	[1]
Gain (loss) from sale of fixed assets	(1,720)		19	[1]	(1,681)		59	[1]
Loss from impairment of investments			33,600	[1]	260,400		50,523	[1]
Interest expense	7,844		9,702	[1]	28,153		31,442	[1]
Marketing expenses	2,105		2,104	[1]	6,606		6,671	[1]
General, administrative and other	8,552		14,826	[1]	32,099		45,323	[1]
Total expenses	108,294		161,811	[1]	604,001		417,636	[1]
Loss from continuing operations before reorganization items and income taxes	(427)		(21,353)	[1]	(275,624)		(74,835)	[1]
Reorganization items	2,145				2,145
Income tax expenses (benefits)	501		(1,292)	[1]	7,424		13,006	[1]
Net loss from continuing operations after tax expenses	(3,073)		(20,061)	[1]	(285,193)		(87,841)	[1]
Discontinued operations:
Gain disposal, net of tax							28,891	[1]
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax					(341)		5,025	[1]
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations	(221)		(311)	[1]	(341)		33,916	[1]
Net income (loss)	(3,294)		(20,372)	[1]	(285,534)		(53,925)	[1]
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	393		138	[1]	64,416		11,594	[1]
Net loss attributable to Ampal's shareholders	$ (2,901)		$ (20,234)	[1]	$ (221,118)		$ (42,331)	[1]
Basic and diluted EPS:
Loss from continuing operations attributable to Ampal's shareholders	$ (0.95)	[2]	$ (7.10)	[1],[2]	$ (78.66)	[2]	$ (27.16)	[1],[2]
Discontinued operations attributable to Ampal's shareholders	$ (0.08)	[2]	$ (0.11)	[1],[2]	$ (0.12)	[2]	$ 12.08	[1],[2]
Basic and diluted EPS	$ (1.03)		$ (7.21)	[1]	$ (78.78)		$ (15.08)	[1]
Shares used in EPS calculation (in thousands)	2,807	[2]	2,807	[1],[2]	2,807	[2]	2,807	[1],[2]

[1] Retroactively adjusted to exclude the discontinued operations

[2] Retroactively adjusted to reflect a reverse stock split (see Note 18)