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DEBENTURES (Schedule of Maturities of Debentures) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014
Repayment schedule (carrying amount):
2015	$ 109,999us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths
2016	64,422us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo
2017
2018	42,889us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour
Debentures Series D [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandSevenNonconvertibleDebenturesSeriesDMember
Repayment schedule (carrying amount):
2015	5,796us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandSevenNonconvertibleDebenturesSeriesDMember
2016	5,796us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandSevenNonconvertibleDebenturesSeriesDMember
2017
2018
Debentures Series F [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	7.80%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandTenConvertibleDebenturesSeriesFMember
Repayment schedule (carrying amount):
2015	58,626us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandTenConvertibleDebenturesSeriesFMember
2016	58,626us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandTenConvertibleDebenturesSeriesFMember
2017
2018
Jazz's 2010 Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandTenNotesMember
Repayment schedule (carrying amount):
2015	45,577us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandTenNotesMember
2016
2017
2018
Jazz's 2014 Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandFourteenNotesMember
Repayment schedule (carrying amount):
2015
2016
2017
2018	$ 42,889us-gaap_LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandFourteenNotesMember

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