Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award grant date fair value.

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

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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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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Total number of shares issued during the period, including shares forfeited, as a result of Restricted Stock Awards.

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SHARE CAPITAL - Summary of Options Granted to Employees (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 13, 2018	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	4 years
Fair value at grant	$ 1,900
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| Exercise Price 5.60 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted				400,000
Exercise price				$ 5.60
Vesting period				4 years
Fair value at grant				$ 1,196
Expiration period				10 years
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| Exercise Price 5.10 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted				236,000
Exercise price				$ 5.10
Vesting period				4 years
Fair value at grant				$ 729
Expiration period				10 years
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| Exercise Price 4.69 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted			160,000
Exercise price			$ 4.69
Vesting period			4 years
Fair value at grant			$ 449
Expiration period			10 years
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| Exercise Price 2.00 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted			80,000
Exercise price			$ 2.00
Vesting period			4 years
Fair value at grant			$ 97
Expiration period			10 years
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| Exercise Price 3.59 One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted		196,995
Exercise price		$ 3.59
Vesting period		4 years
Fair value at grant		$ 482
Expiration period		10 years
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| Exercise Price 3.66 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted		760,311
Exercise price		$ 3.66
Vesting period		4 years
Fair value at grant		$ 1,893
Expiration period		10 years
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| Exercise Price 3.73 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted		129,771
Exercise price		$ 3.73
Vesting period		4 years
Fair value at grant		$ 329
Expiration period		10 years
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| Exercise Price 3.59 Two [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted		122,656
Exercise price		$ 3.59
Vesting period		4 years
Fair value at grant		$ 299
Expiration period		10 years
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period		4 years
Fair value at grant		$ 2,492
Expiration period		10 years
Number of restricted stock granted		694,073