why the high figures do not go to live in Sderot. At least, they will feel the anguish of the Sderotians........and Palestinians.

To put a bomb shelter in place? My blood has reached boiling level now.

And Gaydamak once again does a good deed for the state of Israel and there are still those who give the man no respect and question his motives.

This is a statesman, not a criinal as the liberal left dem media has tried to portray him, I say G-d blass him and those like him, remember Myer Lansky, Ben Segal and many other so called Jewish gangsters sent money and arms to Israel before there was an israel so I sayy who cares how a person makes his money as long as they do what is right with the money. Remember this, Your problems Israel is the left defeatest in power, get rid of them and bring in Benjamin Netanyahu and Arens.

Olmert basically tells residents "Get used to liviing with the rockets!" Gaydamak - at least - comes to their aid so they can survive if - God forbid - there are more attacks!

The goverment who live safely in their lucurious houses care more about their stock options than they do about the residents of Sderot.Good on Gaydamak at least he cares. Gaydamak for PM i say!

Here is a man doing more than the whole dorrupt present Israeli government.Kick Olmert a co out and repace them with ten persons like the russian.Suggest the ten rich men.Then matters will be concluded.

"The bad" (shady billionaire) is doing good, while "the good" (elected government ) is doing bad..... complete shift of values

a government's primary role is to protect its citizesn, but his govt. will not protect them--and a private source must intervene. A total disgrace.

Olmert would like to give the permits but he is busy dining with Merkel. Maybe another time.

this guy didn't supply the Pals & their pals with weapons to begin with? A quick question for for you American fans out there: How did Osama bin Laden get so well-armed?

The guy is a criminal....theres no question of doubt that he was an arms dealer and should be in prison. The money he is spending for his publicity stunts is blood money. I don't want help from criminals like him thanks! He is no different to Olmert that tries to bribe people in a hope of swaying favorable consensus. The funny thing is, judging by some of the talkbacks here, it works!

paid low wages in his steel mills for decades to become vastly rich. He then spent his fortune building libraries in towns across America that could not afford them otherwise. He was called a Robber Baron and worse for returning to the people the wages he should have paid to his workers. So, although some felt robbed, others were grateful and many benefited. The Bible says only the wages of a harlot cannot be accepted as a gift in the Temple. Arkady is not a harlot who sells his body for money, so why do you think his gift is unclean? If the Bible would accept the gifts of robbers and murderers and the just for the poor, why do you object to the people of Sderot accepting Arkady's charity? ONLY the hire of a harlot is not acceptable for the poor.

EVERY REJECT IN ISRAEL HAS AN OPINION ON GAYDAMAK, HE IS A WONDERFUL MAN WHO PUTS HIS MONEY WHERE HIS MOUTH IS, THIS INFURIATES ALL PARASITES OF ISRAEL WHO DON'T CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING TO THE STATE, IF ISRAEL HAD ANOTHER THOUSAND LIKE GAYDAMAK WE WOULD BE IN GREAT SHAPE, GOD BLESS YOU

Re: "How did Osama bin Laden get so well-armed?" ...through the stupidity and short-sightedness of our government. Question for you: Who is responsible for releasing scores of Palestinian terrorists from prisons?

Shame on Oldmerd & his incompetent & corrupt Kadima government. To all those who are knocking Gaydamak, I say shame on you too. He is doing something to help, what are you doing?

the Authorized King James Bible and see what it says.The Old Testament is the Jewish Bible and I will refer to that for you. The donation of funds for the poor was done at the Tabernacle tent of Moses and later at the Temples in Jerusalem. Deuteronomy chapter 23, verse 18 says, "Those shalt not bring the hire (wages) of a whore...into the house of the Lord thy God..." Micah 1:7, "...return the hire of a harlot." God does not want the wages of a prostitute for the poor. There is no law against giving money from honest enterprises or dishonest enterprises to the poor, as long as it is not the wages of a harlot. The wages of a harlot reflect the defilement of the holy temple of the body of the woman. Mr. G. did not earn his fortune from prostitution to my knowledge, so there is no reason for the people of Sderot who cannot afford to buy shelters and to fortify their city when the national government cannot either...there is no reason for the people to refuse the gifts of Mr. G. They should be thankful and so should you. At least he DOES something to help instead of being a SAY-DO person who says but does not do.

There was an individual here in Southern California who owned card casinos in a small, local municipality. Thanks to him, the otherwise bankrupt city would have disappeared. He also was an activist for Israel and helped construction in Israel. He was condemned as a Zionist lover, and Jew lover and everything else one can imagine. Europe and the world stood by while 6m innocent lives were snuffed out, in the most gruesome ways possible, by a supposed civilized people. 60 years later, their leader speaks German before the same people whose relatives were killed or they themselves suffered personally. If we forgave the German Volk for almost liquidating our people completely, we can forgive and forget elsewhere. Let's not be too harsh on anyone who helps Israel thrive and survive. It's in our interests.

Look Talula, I feel nothing but rage, but not against the authorities., but at Hamas and other Arab militant groups and thugs. I can just imagine what if a country fired missiles (albeit Kassams) into San Diego or further north). They would rue the day. Our marines would be in Baja Calif. faster than a NYminute. This so blatant an intl war crime, it's beyond words..yet the UN is powerless (or won't) stop it. 57 Arab nations have sanctioned killing Jews for the "Resistantce". Permits are the least of Sderot's problems however. My question: where IS the govt' in all of this city's defense? Is there involvement, other than visits? Israel must draw a red line...and not allow this to get worse sucking in other cities. Hamas is in fact losing this one..by not defeating Israel's resolve, which is their purpose. We should all recall the London Blitz..when things were really going awful for the Brits. England won that war.