“They’re willing to accept a drop in their standard of living because they’re so worried that their freedom of movement will be curtailed,” Shay Obazanek told The New York Times. “…they’re scared of a dictatorship, and they worry that if they wait, it may be too late.”
Shay Obazanek, who is quoted up top, explained to the Times that businesses which help relocate corporations and families have experienced a sharply increasing demand in recent days. Obazanek is a manager for Ocean group, a company which aids people moving to and from Israel. Financial advisors say they are besieged with questions about moving abroad and establishing bank accounts overseas. Some Israelis are seeking other passports such as German ones that descendants of Holocaust survivors can apply for.
