EQUITY (Schedule of Stock Option Activity by Exercise Price) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Employee [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2014	4,431,383
Options outstanding, Weighted average remaining contractual life	2 years 2 months 12 days
Options outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 5.0
Options exercisable as of December 31, 2014	3,357,465
Options exercisable, Weighted average exercise price of exercisable options	$ 5.2
Non-Employee [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Price, lower limit	$ 3.00
Exercise Price, upper limit	$ 5.65
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2014	35,000
Options outstanding, Weighted average remaining contractual life	3 years 1 month 6 days
Options outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 4.1
Options exercisable as of December 31, 2014	23,000
Options exercisable, Weighted average exercise price of exercisable options	$ 4.7
$3.00 - 4.00 [Member] \| Employee [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Price, lower limit	$ 3.00
Exercise Price, upper limit	$ 4.00
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2014	1,258,000
Options outstanding, Weighted average remaining contractual life	2 years 4 months 24 days
Options outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 3.6
Options exercisable as of December 31, 2014	803,500
Options exercisable, Weighted average exercise price of exercisable options	$ 3.7
$4.54 - 6.77 [Member] \| Employee [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Price, lower limit	$ 4.54
Exercise Price, upper limit	$ 6.77
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2014	3,163,383
Options outstanding, Weighted average remaining contractual life	2 years 1 month 6 days
Options outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 5.6
Options exercisable as of December 31, 2014	2,543,965
Options exercisable, Weighted average exercise price of exercisable options	$ 5.7
$8.10 [Member] \| Employee [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise Price, upper limit	$ 8.10
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2014	10,000
Options outstanding, Weighted average remaining contractual life	1 year 7 months 6 days
Options outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 8.1
Options exercisable as of December 31, 2014	10,000
Options exercisable, Weighted average exercise price of exercisable options	$ 8.1

Weighted average exercise price as of the balance sheet date for those equity-based payment arrangements exercisable and outstanding.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)(1)(iii)

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The floor of a customized range of exercise prices for purposes of disclosing shares potentially issuable under outstanding stock option awards on all stock option plans and other required information pertaining to awards in the customized range.

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The number of shares reserved for issuance pertaining to the outstanding exercisable stock options as of the balance sheet date in the customized range of exercise prices for which the market and performance vesting condition has been satisfied.

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The number of shares reserved for issuance pertaining to the outstanding stock options as of the balance sheet date for all option plans in the customized range of exercise prices.

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The weighted average price as of the balance sheet date at which grantees could acquire the underlying shares with respect to all outstanding stock options which are in the customized range of exercise prices.

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Weighted average remaining contractual term of outstanding stock options, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The ceiling of a customized range of exercise prices for purposes of disclosing shares potentially issuable under outstanding stock option awards on all stock option plans and other required information pertaining to awards in the customized range.

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