07/10/2026
Einladung - Invitation
The New Israel Fund Austria, the Department of Legal and Constitutional History, Team Wendehorst, Vienna University, and the Center for Israel Studies, supported by the Future Fund of the Republic of Austria, invite you to apanel discussion on
Public Health Amidst Devastation in Gaza –Promoting the Right to Health
with
Tom Kellner, Executive Director, Clean Shelter, and
Chanah Dulin, Director of Resource Development, Physicians for Human Rights Israel
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟏𝟓 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝟏𝟖.𝟑𝟎 𝐡 (𝟔.𝟑𝟎 𝐩𝐦)
𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐦, 𝐒𝐚𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝟏𝟎 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢 𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟔 𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟎 𝐖𝐢𝐞𝐧
𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟑 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫:
𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭.𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐢@𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐞.𝐚𝐜.𝐚𝐭
During the war in Gaza the Israeli army not only destroyed a large number of buildings, but also of the medical and sanitary infrastructure as well as many hospitals.
Clean Shelter (gUG), a grassroots organization registered in Germany, has a local team in Gaza that delivers sanitation and shelter solutions for the local population. Tom Kellner will talk about the daily work of their team in Gaza in a highly complex and dangerous environment, Palestinian-Israeli cooperation, as well as international support.
Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) have a long tradition of cooperation with medical personal in Gaza. However, at this point their staff is blocked from entering the strip. In our panel discussion, Chanah Dulin will describe how aid for Palestinian patients from Gaza is still possible. Other topics will be the medical situation in the Westbank and in Israeli detention centers.
The two speakers will also discuss the ethical and legal aspects of their work and the war in Gaza.
Clean Shelter (https://www.cleanshelter.org/) is a grassroots organization registered in Germany that delivers immediate relief to displaced communities in Gaza through essential sanitation and shelter solutions. Founded by two women living in Berlin, Seba Abudaqa, a Palestinian from Gaza, and Tom Kellner, an Israeli, the organization focuses on concrete action on the ground, providing shelter, sanitation, and water. Since January 2024, Clean Shelter has established multiple IDP camps, repaired partially-damaged homes, installed water desalination units and water networks, as well as extensive sewerage systems, providing aid to more than 250,000 displaced people across Gaza.
Physicians for Human Rights Israel (https://www.phr.org.il/en/ ) was established in 1988 and is registered in Israel as a non-profit association. PHRI work to promote and protect human rights in general and the right to health in particular, in Israel and in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). PHRI combines legal, public and humanitarian tools to realize the right to health for residents of Israel, Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, prisoners and detainees, migrants, refugees and people without legal status. PHRI employs approximately 38 staff and has over 3,500 members and volunteers, including volunteer physicians and medical workers.