SHARE CAPITAL (Summary of Option and Restricted Stock Granted to Employees) (Details) (Employees [Member], USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options or restricted stock granted	2,400,000
2012 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options or restricted stock granted	400,000
Vesting period	3 years
Fair value of at grant date	2,288,000
2012 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options or restricted stock granted	1,100,000
Vesting period	4 years
Fair value of at grant date	6,292,000
2014 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options or restricted stock granted	900,000
Exercise price	2.37
Vesting period	4 years
Fair value of at grant date	1,007,000
Expiration period	10 years

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- Definition

Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award granted contractual term.

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- Definition

Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (a)(1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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- Definition

Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Weighted average per share amount at which grantees can acquire shares of common stock by exercise of options.

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