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Carlton E. Williams
Carlton E. Williams defended an anti-Israel agitator in court and has expressed support for terrorists. He has spread hatred of Israel and America, promoted anti-Israel agitators on social media and engaged in anti-Israel activism.
As of January 2024, Williams stated [p. 2] on his resume that he was a “Community Organizer/Trainer” for the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and Palestine Legal.
Williams is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
As of January 2024, the Cornell University Law School (Cornell Law) website listed Williams as an assistant clinical professor of law. Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York.
As of the same date, Cornell Law indicated that Williams was a member of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and has served as the chair of NLG’s Massachusetts Board of Directors. Williams also stated [p. 2] on his resume that he had been a “Community Organizer/Trainer” with NLG since April 1992.
Williams has been a featured speaker for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters at several universities.
As of January 2024, Williams indicated on his LinkedIn profile that he received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW-Madison), in 2006.
On LinkedIn, Williams went by Carl Williams. He has also gone by Carlton Williams.
As of December 2023, Williams served as a defense attorney for Calla Walsh, a founding organizer for the anti-Israel group Palestine Action US, who was arrested for her leading role in two violent anti-Israel incidents in two states.
Walsh has also encouraged others to engage in anti-Israel violence with Palestine Action US, which calls itself a “direct action network dismantling Elbit Systems and the Zionist War Machine.” Elbit Systems Ltd. is a defense manufacturing company based in Haifa, Israel.
Walsh was reportedly arrested and charged with riot and sabotage for a violent anti-Israel incident at a protest organized by Palestine Action US at Elbit’s subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, in Merrimack, New Hampshire, in November 2023.
Walsh was also reportedly arrested and “charged with vandalizing property and disorderly conduct” for another violent anti-Israel incident at a different Palestine Action US protest at the Elbit Systems facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in October 2023.
Walsh’s next court dates were set for January 24, 2024, in New Hampshire and for February 16, 2024, in Massachusetts. During a preliminary hearing, Walsh was issued a stay-away order and banned “from every location of Elbit Systems” within a 300-foot radius, in addition to Walsh’s probation.
Walsh’s arrests occurred following a series of Hamas terror atrocities and war crimes against Israeli civilians, including mass murder, torture, rape, beheadings and kidnappings, which were executed on October 7, 2023. The Hamas terror attacks left over 1,200 Israelis dead, hundreds kidnapped and thousands wounded. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.”
Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., Canada, European Union, Israel and other countries. Founded in 1987, it has killed thousands of Israeli civilians through mass shootings and suicide bombings. Hamas has also kidnapped children, families and the elderly and held them hostage in Gaza. It has desecrated [slide 7] dead bodies and launched numerous rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.
On November 28, 2015, Williams tweeted: “On Khader Adnan's Hunger Strike : http://visualizingpalestine.org…@visualizingpal @Black4Palestine."
Khader Adnan was a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization. A 2007 YouTube video showed Adnan praising and encouraging suicide bombings: "Who among you will carry the next explosive belt? Who among you will fire the next bullets? Who among you will have his body parts blown all over?” In May 2023, Adnan died in prison after refusing medical treatment during a hunger strike.
Also on November 28, 2015, Williams promoted on Twitter a YouTube video demonizing Israel. Williams wrote: “When I See Them, I See Us! --
https://youtu.be/xsdpg-9cmSw
#black4palestine.” The video has since been deleted from YouTube.The 2015 video featured BDS founder Omar Barghouti and terrorist Rasmea Odeh. The video also demonized both American law enforcement and Israeli security agencies.
Rasmea Odeh was a key military operative [00:02:08] with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization. In 1969, she masterminded a PFLP supermarket bombing that killed two college students. She also attempted to bomb the British consulate in Jerusalem. Odeh later moved to the United States but was deported to Jordan in 2017 for immigration fraud.
On October 30, 2015, Williams tweeted: “10 Assata Shakur Quotes to Celebrate Her 68th Birthday,” and linked to a ColorLines article that celebrated Shakur’s life and influence as well as glorified her as a “leading figure for many people of color living under the foot of American structural violence.”
Assata Shakur was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper and wounding another in 1973 while a member of the separatist Black Liberation Army (BLA). She escaped from prison in 1979 and fled to Cuba in 1984, where she resided until her death in September 2025. She was listed on the FBI Most Wanted Terror List under her legal name, Joanne Deborah Chesimard.
Also on October 30, 2015, Williams posted a series of tweets, each featuring a quote by Assata Shakur.
On August 11, 2014, Williams tweeted: “...Save our world? How about Palestine? Stop supporting apartheid. #freegaza #HPBigData2014.” The tweet was posted during Operation Protective Edge (OPE).
Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
On August 25, 2015, Williams tweeted: “. @MrNegroMilitant Can't decide if Israel does s**t learned from US or US does s**t learned from Israel. Mebby' it's all #whitesupremacy.”
On September 28, 2016, Williams spoke at an SJP panel where he said [00:48:20]: “This is sort of a rhetorical question. Does the Israeli lobby control the United States government, or does the United States government control Israel as a proxy in the Middle East?”
The “Israel Lobby” is a conspiracy theory alleging Israeli and Jewish control over the U.S. government. Proponents of the theory decry the negative effects on American interests, particularly in foreign policy.
During the same SJP panel, Williams also claimed [00:22:30] that Israel maintains “a system of white supremacy” and [00:22:53] a “system of colonization.”
The event where Williams spoke was titled: “Imprisonment of a People: From the U.S. to Palestine” and it was co-hosted by the SJP chapter at Boston University (BU SJP).
On December 30, 2016, as part of a Twitter thread, Williams posted a series of misleading maps popular with anti-Israel activists.
The maps claim that lands once controlled by Britain, Egypt and Jordan as autonomous “Palestinian land” were purportedly stolen by Israel. In February 2016, publisher McGraw-Hill Education recalled copies of a college textbook containing the fraudulent maps. In October 2015, American cable news network MSNBC apologized for airing a similar series of maps and retracted them.
On May 19, 2018, Williams posted to his Instagram a photo of a protestor taking part in the March of Return protests. The text over the photo said: “The Movement for Black Lives Stands in Solidarity.”
In May 2018, terror group Hamas instigated violent riots on the Israeli-Gaza border. Thousands of rioters attempted to breach Israel’s border fence, declaring their intention to harm Jews across the border under the pretext of “peaceful resistance.”
On December 24, 2019, Williams tweeted: “Looking at this tweet and hoping that A is for Anti-Zionist.” His tweet was in support of a Palestine Legal tweet that promoted the anti-Israel children’s book, “P is for Palestine.”
On September 7, 2020, Williams posted to Instagram a photo of a lapel pin that said: “I know! I know! I boycott Israel too!” In response to the comment: “Why do you boycott Israel?” Williams answered: “For the same reasons we used to boycott Apartheid South Africa.”
On April 3, 2019, Williams tweeted: “When them freedom fighters come to town -
@CornelWest @marclamonthill @yamilashannan @dima_khalidi @pal_legal @HarvardPSC Harvard PSC - Black/Palestinian Solidarity Event.”
The tweet included four links to videos from the event panel, which was hosted by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Club (PSC). Speakers included anti-Israel agitators Cornel West and Marc Lamont Hill.
On January 17, 2019, Williams tweeted: “‘F**k CNN.’ - Marc Lamont Hill (Yea, he just said that.)”
In November 2018, Hill was fired from his contributor position at CNN (Cable News Network) after he gave an anti-Israel speech at the United Nations. He called [00:20:47] for a “free Palestine from the river to the sea,” a phrase associated with demands to dismantle the State of Israel. Hill also accused [00:16:19] Israel of “ethnic cleansing,” as well as [00:17:49] “white supremacy” and [00:17:56] “settler colonialism.”
On January 17, 2018, Williams posted to Instagram a photo of a postcard addressed to Ahed Tamimi, in Israel’s Hasharon prison. He wrote: “Send a card today.”
Ahed Tamimi, who has a long history of physically attacking Israeli soldiers, was detained after she was filmed punching and kicking Israeli soldiers. She is the daughter of Bassem Tamimi, who is notorious for exploiting young children as political props in staged confrontations with Israeli soldiers.
On January 12, 2018, Williams tweeted: “Meet Ahed Tamimi—Message From A Freedom Fighter.” Williams included a link to a YouTube video of anti-Israel activist Abby Martin interviewing Tamimi.
On January 7, 2018, Williams tweeted four posed photos of Tamimi participating in anti-Israel activities. The tweet was accompanied by the hashtag: “#AhedTamimi.”
On December 30, 2017, Williams tweeted: “Ahed Tamimi's father: I'm proud of my daughter. She is a freedom fighter who, in the coming years, will lead the resistance to Israeli rule…”
On November 13, 2019, SJP at Smith College featured Williams as a keynote speaker for the “Anti Colonial Celebration Prison Abolition from US to Palestine” event.
In April 2018, Harvard PSC hosted Williams as a panelist for a “Black Palestinian Solidarity” event, as part of Israel Apartheid Week (IAW).
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is presented as “an international series of events that seek to raise awareness of…Israel’s settler-colonial project and apartheid system over the Palestinian people” and build support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
On April 11, 2018, Williams tweeted: “Talking about Black liberation, Palestinian liberation, and solidarity with the crew!...#FreePalestine #BlackLivesMatterd
.” Williams included a photo of himself posing with Cornel West, along with anti-Israel agitators Randa Wahbe and Yamila Shannan.
In November 2017, Williams was a panelist at a “Conference on Balfour’s Legacy: Confronting the Consequences,” hosted by the Trans Arab Research Institute (TARI) and The Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine, on the topic of “From Ferguson to Palestine: Black-Palestinian Solidarity.”
In March 2015, Williams promoted and then co-led a March 5, 2015 workshop titled “Moving Forward: Shared Lessons from the Black and Palestinian Liberation Movements,” hosted by SJP at Northeastern University.
As of October 2021, Williams displayed “#BDS” on his Twitter bio.
Williams retweeted a December 10, 2019 tweet by the Arab American Institute promoting U.S. House Resolution 496 (HR 496), referred to as a “pro-BDS” bill. Anti-Israel congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib introduced HR 496 in July 2019. Omar described the bill as “an opportunity for us to explain why it is we support...the BDS movement.”
On January 29, 2019, Williams tweeted: “@Puma along w/@MeekMill released a sneaker with a ‘powerful message.’ Apparently, it is about reforming the criminal legal system. But we're out here talking #BDS @Puma supports illegal settlements in Palestine, so we're talking #BoycottPuma.”
On September 9, 2018, Williams tweeted: “When the price is right but you still ain't buying because you down with #BDS.” Williams attached a photo of himself holding up a package of Sabra Hummus. On the same day, Williams posted the same post and photo to Instagram.
Sabra Hummus is partially owned by an Israeli company, the Strauss Group.
On March 13, 2014, Williams tweeted: “Want to boycott Israel? There will soon be an app for that.”
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) was founded in 2001 and, according to the group’s website, is “resisting the long-entrenched and systematic oppression and dispossession of the Palestinian population, using non-violent, direct-action methods and principles.”
Despite this claim, the ISM has been accused of supporting terrorism and has encouraged its foreign volunteers to act “as human shields in cities, towns and refugee camps.” At least once, ISM facilities have been used in attempts to facilitate the escape of known terrorists from Israeli security forces.
ISM has encouraged its volunteers to break curfew and disregard Israeli directives prohibiting access to closed military zones. This policy resulted in the death of ISM operative Rachel Corrie, who was killed by a bulldozer while interfering with an Israeli military operation in 2003.
A wrongful death suit brought by Corrie’s family was dismissed when the judge ruled that Corrie unreasonably chose to put her own life in danger and found there to be no intent or negligence on the part of any Israelis involved in the incident.
The National Lawyers’ Guild (NLG) is an association of lawyers self-described as "dedicated to the need for basic and progressive change in the structure of our political and economic system." The group is a “proud member” of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, which has been renamed the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR). NLG represented terrorist Rasmea Odeh in U.S. federal court.
SJP is a student organization engaged in anti-Israel activity on North American college and university campuses.
The first chapter of SJP was founded in 2001 at the University of California at Berkeley by Professor Hatem Bazian. Bazian has spread classic anti-Semitism, reportedly promoted religious anti-Semitism and defended the Hamas terror group. In 2004, Bazian called for “intifada” in America.
SJP organizes anti-Israel campaigns, including running annual Israel Apartheid Weeks, often in collaboration with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Muslim Student Association (MSA) campus chapters.
SJP has been a major force in pushing the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement on campuses. Chapters have initiated dozens of BDS resolutions in student governments, which have been proposed on or around Jewish holidays, a time when many Jewish students are off-campus.
SJP activists have reportedly physically assaulted, intimidated and harassed Jewish students, disrupted pro-Israel campus events and demonized pro-Israel campus organizations.
Chapters have often endorsed and campaigned for numerous terrorists and whitewashed terrorism.
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by pro-terror activist Omar Barghouti in 2005 to turn “Israel into a pariah state, as South Africa once was.” Barghouti has also called for Israel's destruction and the BDS movement demands would result in that same goal.
BDS initiatives include calling on institutions and individuals to divest from Israeli-affiliated companies, promoting academic and cultural boycotts of Israel, and organizing anti-Israel rallies, protests and campaigns.
The movement’s most notable achievement has been infiltrating university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, student governments propose resolutions to boycott or divestment from Israel or Israeli-affiliated entities. BDS activity is often aggressive and disruptive. It has been noted that universities that pass BDS resolutions see a marked increase in anti-Semitic incidents and pro-terror activism on campus.
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