Hadas Soifer

Experimental physicist, PI @TelAvivUni condensed matter physics.
Ultrafast electron spectroscopy of quantum materials

[Hadas Soifer @HadasPhys]

@AyalaGlick השאלה למה את משווה. נגיד טיסה של 15 שעות עם שני ילדים *שלא* נרדמים עלייך... בפרט נגיד כשאחד מהם פעוט ששעתיים לפני הטיסה הצליח ללכת בפעם הראשונה, ועכשיו מטרתו העיקרית היא להתאמן על היכולת החדשה הזאת, פחות.

[Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib]

I'm truly relieved for the families of the four Israeli hostages who were freed from the Nuseirat area, especially Noa Argamani, whose family and parents I got to connect with and have developed particular empathy for her mother, facing terminal brain cancer and wanting to see her only daughter one last time before she passes.

I'm deeply saddened by the losses of Palestinian lives that occurred during the raid, which entailed intense bombardment throughout central Gaza. This is what makes Hamas so exceptionally evil and ruthless: placing hostages that it refuses to release amongst the civilian population, knowing very well that doing so compromises everyone's safety. Sinwar rejected the recent proposal by the US to gradually end the war and is slowly losing the only "leverage" that his group has, to the point where even Qatar is reportedly threatening to expel the group if they don't accept a hostage/ceasefire deal. Hamas is not only holding Israeli hostages but millions of Palestinians in Gaza.

Yes, I'm relieved for Noa and her mom, Liora and dad, Yacov; I'm relieved for the parents of Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv. But I'm also sad and heartbroken by the loss of dozens of Palestinian lives and the continuation of a war that's so clearly futile and destructive to the Palestinian people because two psychopaths, Sinwar and Deif, think they know what's best from their damp rat holes underground. I also would caution against the euphoria of this successful operation blinding people to the still persistent need for a ceasefire/exchange deal to ensure the safe release of all other hostages.
May this terrible tragedy end soon, and that the killing of Palestinians in Gaza stops, for this horrendous war is going nowhere. It's time for Hamas to end its reckless endangerment of Gazans and to stop this madness; the group must take responsibility for what it has brought upon the people of Gaza. And if you claim to be pro-Palestine, then call out Hamas and stop protecting them from overdue critique and condemnation.

I'm glad you're home with your parents, Noa.

[Aya Korem @ayakorem]

I can’t sleep. My son is 2.5 years old. Same as little Aviv, released from captivity yesterday. An hour drive from our house there’s a barbaric inhuman monster who will kidnap a 2.5 year old. Let that sink in. An hour drive! How far are they from you right now?

[Ran Harnevo @harnevo]

A Few hours ago, the pseudo liberal @WebSummit conference kicked of in Lisbon, setting the stage for a gathering of fake digital optimism.

Its major shareholder and former CEO, Paddy Cosgrave (@paddycosgrave), and its current CEO, Katherine Maher (@krmaher), have dedicated the past week to the challenging task of censoring a video that we produced, which critiques their organization.

They used false copyright claims, submitted numerous DMCA threats on all platforms - doing all they can to prevent from our video from spreading and tell the truth about their brand.

As promised, today we're releasing a new version of our video.

We removed every piece of @WebSummit's promotional materials, and as they celebrate pseudo liberalism, we ask you to celebrate with us by sharing, commenting, and promoting our video globally 🌏

"you see, liberalism is about principles not death charts. You're not fighting for freedom by supporting genocide".

Thank you ❣️
#StandWithIsrael

[John Aziz @aziz0nomics]

This is it.

Here is my first article for @TheAtlantic talking about my life, my journey, and my dreams for peace between Israel and Palestine.

I got the opportunity to publish this because my posts went viral on this app.

Thank you all ❤️🇮🇱🇵🇸🕊️

https://t.co/2GfxJVpjee

[Amir Tibon אמיר תיבון @amirtibon]

A month ago, at this hour, I had to tell my two daughters - 3.5 years old and 20 months old - that they must remain completely silent. No word, no cry.
It was 7AM, they had just woken up in a dark room with no electricity or food, and five people were shouting outside the window.

[Boaz Arad 博雅 @aradboaz]

הנאום החזק של סגן קנצלר גרמניה על ישראל, על חמאס ועל אנטישמיות - עכשיו עם כתוביות באנגלית ובעברית.
שווה להשקיע ולצפות עד הסוף.

[ד״ר עינת וילף Dr. Einat Wilf @EinatWilf]

Why are there even places called “refugee camps” in Gaza? And why are two thirds of the people living in Gaza, who were born there and lived there their entire lives, called “refugees” from a war that ended more than seven decades ago? The answers to these question unlock the core of the conflict. Here they are (Part 1; Part 2 in the first comment):

1.The 20th century has been marked by a transition from empires to states. We begin the 20th century when much of the world is divided between empires. We end it when much of the world is divided between states. When lucky, those states were based on the self determination of a people who share a common history, language, ethnicity, background religion and connection to a territory. (Zionism emerged in this context based on the idea of self determination for the Jewish people in the only territory to which they were ever connected as a people). When unlucky those new states were artificially created by receding empires drawing boundaries, forcing different peoples to share one state, leading almost always to civil war, dictatorship, or both. This transition has been bloody. It involved two world wars and numerous regional and civil wars. In the bloody process of empires receding and new states emerging to replace them, tens of millions of people were displaced, fleeing across newly created borders, typically to new countries with an ethnic makeup similar to their own. This was true of Hindus and Muslim, Ukrainians, Poles and Germans, Bulgarians, Greeks and Turks and Arabs and Jews. This was not unique.

2.What was unique is that one group only of refugees from that time and those wars were allowed to maintain themselves as endless refugees in anticipation of one day winning a war they had lost. Those were the Arab refugees from the war of 1948, later to be known as Palestinians. All other refugee groups, except the Palestinians, were presented with a clear message: “it’s tough, it’s tragic, move on”. There was a clear understanding that in the most fundamental sense there is no going back - not in place and not in time (thus, there was no such thing as “a right of return”). To seek to go back would mean endless war. And so the message was forward looking and future facing. Tens of millions of refugees and displaced persons, among them millions of Jews, would build new lives in the new countries to which they fled.

3.Except Palestinians. The war that the Arabs of the land and the surrounding countries waged to prevent a Jewish state from emerging and gaining independence failed to achieve its goals. Despite the violent onslaught of 1947-49, Israel emerged as a sovereign state. But the Arabs of the land, sustained by broader Arab support, refused to accept this outcome. They proceeded to undo it through a variety of means, including repeated wars, economic boycotts, international condemnations and a complete refusal of the refugees themselves to be settled, as it would effectively mean accepting that the war was over.

https://t.co/NY8E4ecoBH that end of keeping the war of 1948 alive until its goal of undoing the Jewish state could be achieved, a temporary agency established to resettle the refugees - UNRWA (initially called REWA, but the Arabs insisted on the letters UN so that it would appear to enjoy international legitimacy) - was hijacked by the Arab refugees. As a result of this hijacking UNRWA effectively became a Palestinian entity devoted singularly to sustaining and stoking the idea that uniquely among the world’s refugees, Palestinians don’t need to move on and can keep insisting on “return”, both in space and in time, to a time when there was no Israel. UNRWA thus became the mechanism by which the Jewish people alone were denied the right to to consider their hard won self-determination and sovereign statehood as a done deal.

(Part 2 continues in the first comment:)

[Gal Mishne @gmishne]

And on a more personal note. I arrived to class, my entire body uncontrollably shaking. Tried to take a deep breath. Stepped outside and burst into tears. Shaking and crying outside the class I'm supposed to teach.
Another faculty helped me decide it was OK to cancel class

1/n

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Holy Shit, Massive Rocket Attack all across Central Israel!

[Barak Hirshberg @barak_hirshberg]

I have been wondering what I could do to help. I realized that, as scientists, we give lectures all over the globe. So I contacted a supplier and they designed a pin to make sure that the kidnapped and missing Israelis are not forgotten until they are back home safely. Please RT!

[Liad Mudrik @Liad_Mudrik]

Since October 7th I’ve been trying to explain how we feel and why the story in Israel and Gaza is more complicated than some assume. @MichalRamot wrote a crystal-clear text about it. It’s not short, but please read it with an open mind 🙏

[Assaf Romm @AssafRomm]

To my non-Israeli friends abroad, sharing with you just a small bit of what it's like to be an Israeli these days. We are being bombarded by horror stories. Each one of these would have been enough to cause you nightmares for a lifetime, but there are plenty, every day. We are

[Michal Ramot @MichalRamot]

Being on Twitter which is no longer even Twitter, has been driving me insane. I tried to explain why, why shouting about Israeli war crimes is not actually helpful to anyone, and what you might actually do instead.

[Sheera Adar @sheeradar]

For all the friends and colleagues checking in with us

[Raya Sorkin @SorkinRaya]

Thank you, @maxplanckpress for standing with Israel! Other institutions should take an example! Is it really so difficult to say that kidnapping kids, raping women, and beheading babies are bad things to do??https://t.co/fS8OOCcZbT

[Hadas Soifer @HadasPhys]

@MosheFriedPhys אלף - זה משהו שיכול לקרות גם עכשיו. בית - לא חושבת שממש פותר את הבעיה. מנהל המעבדה שלי הוא גם מורה ל��יזיקה בתיכון. כלומר עובד 100% משרה באוניברסיטה, ובנוסף מלמד. אבל נשמע שהשכר הנוסף שהוא מקבל כמורה בקושי מצדיק את המאמץ עבורו, אז לא ברור כמה זה יהיה אטרקטיבי עם משרה חלקית כחוקר

[Hadas Soifer @HadasPhys]

@DanielBachmat מהסטטיסטיקה על הרבה-אבל-לא-המון משחקים אצלנו בבית, התרשמתי שלשחקן הראשון באמת יש יותר סיכוי לנצח. נחמד לראות ניתוח מתמטי שמאשש את זה! (כמובן שלא עשיתי רישום של משחקים ונצחונות, וגם הבן הקטן תמיד רוצה להיות אחרון, אז זה כפוף ללא-מעט הטיות...)

[Hadas Soifer @HadasPhys]

@AdiK44972070 ממש מעצבן! גם איך הוא הפך את זה שהתנסחת בנימוס ("הטיעון לא ברור לי" במקום "הטיעון שלך מפגר"), בשביל לקחת אותך מילולית שאת פשוט לא מבינה את זה, ולהסביר לך איפה החור בהשכלה שלך שבגללו את לא ישר מבינה את דבריו המבריקים.

[Hadas Soifer @HadasPhys]

@NatalieShapira @AmirGrinstein בדיוק מה שאני חשבתי! קודם כל צריך למצוא נושא מחקר שמעניין אותך והוא גם אטרקטיבי ופעיל... אחרי זה חשוב לבדוק גם את השאר.