Case Western Reserve University allows pro-Palestine students to camp overnight

• Earlier in the day, university police had confiscated tents and detained more than 20 students, who were later released.

State of play: By 7:30pm Monday, nearly 200 students and community allies had gathered on the Kelvin Smith Oval, intermittently chanting for a free Palestine and calling on the university to divest from companies that support Israel's military.

• The university agreed around that time to allow CWRU members to camp overnight. Tents would be permitted, provided they were taken down by 7:30am.
• By 8pm, those who wished to stay were waiting in line for wrist bands and were allowed to re-enter the gated Oval.
• All others were invited to come back at 8am Tuesday.

What they're saying: "Open discourse and the free exchange of ideas are hallmarks of higher education — and they are central to all that we do at Case Western Reserve," Kaler wrote in a statement Monday.

• "Across classrooms and common spaces, lecture halls and laboratories, and everywhere in between, challenges to the status quo are what make universities — especially ours — such powerful learning environments."

The other side: "Kaler, Kaler, you can't hide," students chanted into the evening.

• "We charge you with genocide."