'Gaydamak' in Turkish means a fighter. That's me.

- Arcadi Gaydamak

I am the most popular man in Israel.

- Arcadi Gaydamak

I speak Hebrew excellently.

- Arcadi Gaydamak

I'm no more or less Jewish than any other Jew. Israel has survived because we haven't forgot our Judaism, but there are some Israelis who did forget.

- Arcadi Gaydamak

In 1992, I was an official of the Angolan regime. I was appointed by that country to oversee the organization of the raw diamond market and responsible for the governmental authority that later controlled this market.

- Arcadi Gaydamak