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DEBENTURES (Narrative) (Details) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended								12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 ILS	Dec. 31, 2013 ILS	Dec. 31, 2014 Debentures [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Debentures [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 15, 2015 Debentures [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 2007 Debentures Series D [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 2007 Debentures Series D [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Debentures Series F [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Debentures Series F [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Debentures Series F [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 15, 2015 Debentures Series F [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 2010 Notes [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 2010 Notes [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 2014 Notes [Member] USD ($) item	Mar. 31, 2014 2014 Notes [Member] USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date															Jul. 01, 2015
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Conversion ratio per share																		$ 10.07us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionPrice1 / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandFourteenNotesMember
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Percentage of share trading price											20.00%tsem_ConvertibleDebtIssuedPercentageOfSharePrice / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandTenConvertibleDebenturesSeriesFMember						20.00%tsem_ConvertibleDebtIssuedPercentageOfSharePrice / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandFourteenNotesMember
Beneficial conversion feature			109,768us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleBeneficialConversionFeature									110,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleBeneficialConversionFeature / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandTenConvertibleDebenturesSeriesFMember
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Amount of debentures converted into shares											34,000us-gaap_DebtConversionOriginalDebtAmount1 / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandTenConvertibleDebenturesSeriesFMember			59,000us-gaap_DebtConversionOriginalDebtAmount1 / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandTenConvertibleDebenturesSeriesFMember / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Amount of debt repaid															45,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandTenNotesMember
Repurchase amount																		10,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRepurchasedFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandFourteenNotesMember
Accretion and amortization											16,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandTenConvertibleDebenturesSeriesFMember			24,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tsem_TwoThousandTenConvertibleDebenturesSeriesFMember / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
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