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(IsraelNN.com) Billionaire and philanthropist Arcadi Gaydamak explained in an exclusive interview with Arutz Sheva's Yishai Fleisher that he was just doing the right thing by planning to personally fund the construction of safe rooms in 600 Sderot homes, to the tune of 90 million shekels ($22.9 million).

"It's our government, we all chose it, and I'm just doing what I can do," Gaydamak said. "The government is a somewhat 'heavy' organization, and perhaps it's doing what it can do, and cannot react as promptly as a private figure or organization... I'm just trying to do a necessary thing; the people in Sderot need security."

He had strong words against those, especially government members, who criticize his actions: "That's the problem! The people in the government have forgotten their mission, have forgotten that they are supposed to serve the people.  Instead, they speak only out of their own personal interests.  Mr. Olmert and Mr. Barak can do better things than I can do; why should they compare themselves with me? Why don't they just do their work?"

Click here to hear the full interview.