How such preparation is conducted, I don't know exactly; I can assume that it occurs in violation of Israeli and German laws. So there is one piece of advice - keep your hands off such dubious proposals! No serious professional will engage in things that could cost him his lawyer's license and result in a lifelong ban on the profession. Whether you entrust your money to dubious firms is your own affair.
Right to asylum
Article 16 of the German Basic Law grants the right to asylum to persons who, in their home country, are subjected to unlawful persecution by the state because of their religious, gender, ethnic affiliation or other personal, innate characteristics. Persecution by private individuals, groups, and other non-state organizations does not provide grounds for granting refugee status.
Some asylum seekers with Israeli passports point to their special sympathy for the Palestinian cause and to problems with law enforcement and other state structures resulting from these protests. I must say that such claims are very difficult to prove. Attempts to prove something that does not actually exist look highly unconvincing and even pitiful. Not to mention that, regardless of all other evidence, courts classify Israel as a democratic country in which every citizen can freely express their opinion. An example is the left-wing movement "Shalom Achshav", whose members are not subjected to state persecution for their anti-government activities. I am not aware that any of the "Achshavniks" have been run over by the state apparatus for their actions.
Of course, as a result of the constant tension in the situation and the threat of terrorist attacks, certain alarming development trends are observed in the country. I recently read about the formation in Israel of a Jewish group of a pro-fascist orientation with its own attributes, corresponding ideology, uniforms, and so on. Nevertheless, these dark shadows do not reach the level of a threat to democracy in Israel. For this reason, I do not see Israeli citizens having any chance of obtaining refugee status from the administrative and judicial authorities of Germany.
Humanitarian refugees
A request for temporary shelter on humanitarian grounds for the duration of the war looks more realistic. Here I would like to return to the events of the Kuwait War of 1991. After the start of hostilities, several thousand Israeli citizens arrived in Germany because they had very real fears for the lives of their loved ones and their own. The 39 Iraqi missiles that fell on Israel were a compelling argument not to rush back to their homeland.
As is known, Israeli citizens can stay in Germany for three months without a visa, and the local foreigners authority can grant permission to remain in Germany for another three months. In that already distant 1991, the German authorities indeed extended the visa and provided Israeli citizens with social assistance until the end of the war. The background for such a humane decision was the real fear of sending people to death as a result of a possible gas attack by Iraq. No one could guarantee that Saddam Hussein would not use the chemical weapons available in his arsenal. Therefore, the foreigners authorities refused to forcibly deport people to the combat zone.
After the end of the Second Gulf War, most of these short-term humanitarian refugees returned home. Some, however, managed to obtain a more secure residence permit during this time and stayed in Germany. Some married, which allowed them to remain in the country as spouses. Some were able to find a job and received a visa extension. It should be said that Israeli citizens have certain privileges regarding employment in Germany. Paragraph 9 of the Work Permit Regulation (Arbeitsaufenthaltsverordnung) allows local labor authorities to grant Israeli citizens work permits at their discretion.
A warning for the especially far-sighted
I want to immediately warn all the especially far-sighted who would like to obtain a guarantee of humanitarian asylum in advance without leaving Israel. A real but as yet unrealized threat of bombing of the country does not in itself justify a demand for humanitarian shelter. This threat, despite all its reality, also does not protect from forced deportation to their homeland those who are already asking for asylum in Germany today. Interested parties will not be able to refer to the general instability of the situation and the possibility that Iraq or other anti-Israeli groups and states might attack Israel at any moment. Only an actual attack on the country could force the German authorities to grant refugees a certain status, and even for that there are no reliable guarantees.
Thomas Pue,
German lawyer.