Protesters planning to cross into the Gaza Strip in a March to Free Gaza continue to be held up in Egypt. Thirteen hundred Marchers from over forty countries have been stopped in Cairo and prevented from entering the Gaza Strip. While in Cairo, they have protested at Embassies, gotten their message out, and sent pleas directly to the President of Egypt. The Egyptian Government announced that it would allow one hundred of the marchers to procede to Gaza by bus with their supplies, leaving the rest of the protesters behind. This caused a great deal of controversy among the marchers, and upset Portland State University Student Erin Deramus She spoke to KBOO by phone from Cairo, Egypt, where she is part of the Free Gaza March.
