The defacement occurred as the federal government has sought to push academic institutions, including Northwestern, to adopt new policies to address campus antisemitism and radicalism.
The strike was held to pressure the McGill administration to boycott financial and academic ties with Israel.
A California school's ethnic studies curriculum that included discussions of Israel as a "settler colonial state" was found to have discriminated against Jewish students.
"Microsoft thinks it can scare us by firing our members, but they could not be more mistaken," said No Azure. "In fact, Microsoft should be scared."
“It’s not only really affecting me but the whole Jewish community at school," the Jewish senior told the NYP in an exclusive interview.
"I was giving a lecture in an amphitheater in front of about 50 students when a group of about 20 people entered, chanting: "Racists, Zionists, you're the terrorists."
Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity said the university is silencing pro-Palestinian voices.
Jewish organizations reported that the protests were intimidating students at the Quebec university.
The Cornell University student's attorneys said last month that he was asked to turn himself in and that his student visa was being revoked.
The suspension comes after the February 4 disciplinary hearing, which was convened after the group breached Pitt's event regulations, according to the university.
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