When I first saw the film at last year's San Francisco International Film Festival (the website for this year's festival which takes place April 17th to May 1st is now online), this appeared in the daily newsletter:

The following message was received by our guest services coordinator, Michele Owens, Monday, April 8, 2002 from Raed Andoni, producer of the Palestinian/Israeli film, The Inner Tour: “Dear Michele, I am still inside Bethlehem. The city, as you know, is totally surrounded by the old/new Israeli occupation tanks. In fact, me and my people are living under a total curfew for the moment. Massacres are happening everywhere in the Palestinian cities. I am still looking for a way to get to Jordan. I hope I will manage soon. Israeli tanks have damaged the servers of p-ol.com. If I manage to leave Palestine, I will be happy to stay until the 28th to participate in the seminar, Filmmaking in a Hostile World.”

Alexandrowicz and Andoni were able to come when "Tour" was shown at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival a few months later, but Andoni wasn't sure when he'd be able to return home.

To answer Heather Havrilesky's question in her review for Salon, "Were the participants hand-picked for the journey?" Alexandrowicz said they did do pre-interviews to select the people who would go on that bus trip to make sure a range of stories were told.
Related: Barnhart on "The Inner Tour"

Next Monday (April 7th), Doc Day will feature "The Last Just Man" which was co-written by "Offspring" director Barry Stevens.