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This section offers news briefs on mass media related to Middle East affairs. Organization leaders Mohammed Jaradat and Eitan Bronstein spoke about the relationship between Palestinians and Israelis at an event held at Alwan for the Arts. Tom McCarthy's first film, "The Station Agent," along with the documentary "Fog of War," have been selected for screening in the Middle East. Independent reporters Dahr Jamail and Jeremy Scahill spoke at the April 16th discussion of "Investigative Journalism in a Time of War," at Rutgers University.

This section offers news briefs related to the Middle East. Author Ramzy Baroud claimed that nothing improved after the Oslo agreement was signed by Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in September 1993. Jewish Israelis Jeff Halper and Akiva Eldar criticized Israel's settlement project as the major obstacle to a political solution with the Palestinians. The documentary "USA vs al-Arian," directed by Line Hallorsen, received its New York premiere at Columbia University.

The article presents several special events related to the Middle East affairs held in the U.S. A public lecture on the U.S. foreign policy was held at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey on November 14, 2006. A documentary film titled "Palestine Blues" was screened at Alwan for the Arts in New York City on November 15, 2006. A 12-day speaking tour titled "Perpetual war for Peace" organized by Just Foreign Policy was carried out in the U.S.

The article focuses on several events and documentaries related to the Israel-Palestine conflict. The event entitled "An Inevitable Tragedy? Jews, Palestinians, and the Fate of Jerusalem," was held on November 10, 2004, sponsored by The Israel Forum at Columbia University in New York City. The documentary "Brothers and Others: The Impact of September 11th on Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians in America," by documentary filmmaker Nicolas Rossier, was screened at the Asia Society in New York City on October 27, 2004.

Focuses on the documentary film 'Gaza Strip,' by James Longley in New York. Account of filming experience of Longley in Karni crossing; Details of the condition of patients in the Nasser Hospital; Views of children on Gaza Strip life.

The article reviews the documentary film "Since You Left," directed by Mohammad Bakri.