Genoa, 3 October (LaPresse) – The most eagerly awaited news arrived at the end of a long day of demonstrations that brought at least 40,000 people onto the streets of Genoa in the morning, with thousands more joining them in the afternoon. Jose Nivoi and Queirolo Palmas, the two Genoese activists arrested by Israel aboard the Global Flotilla, are well and ‘will be repatriated within the next 72 hours,’ according to a message broadcast on megaphones during the occupation of the Genoa Principe railway station, which summarises the outcome of the meeting between the mayor of Genoa, Silvia Salis, and the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, on the conditions of the detainees and the two Genoese. This news comes as a relief after a long day in the streets, with marches and demonstrations to express solidarity with the people of Gaza and the participants in the international mission who were detained and arrested two days ago. The railway tracks have been cleared and the outcome of a record mobilisation in terms of participation remains. It began with a march organised by the CGIL trade union, which crossed the city this morning, with 40,000 people marching from the port to the Sopraelevata and on to the centre of Genoa. Then, in the afternoon, there was a second march, organised by the USB trade union, with dockers, students and citizens. “Today we witnessed an extraordinary response from the public. All the provinces of Liguria were crossed by marches and demonstrations with a common demand: solidarity for Gaza and the crews of the flotilla, respect for the strike and constitutional values,” commented Maurizio Calà, general secretary of the CGIL Liguria, on the sidelines of the morning's mobilisation. ‘Genoa with 40,000 demonstrators, but also La Spezia with 10,000 and over 5,000 in Savona and more than 3,000 in Imperia with thousands of people in the streets should make it clear to the government that it is the country that is asking for an end to genocide, hunger and deportation in Palestine,’ added Calà.