Anti-Zionist stickers given to kids 'an innocent mistake,' Michigan mom says

[RandySF]

The mother of two Birmingham Public Schools elementary students says her family has faced harassment and doxxing due what she calls "an innocent mistake" in which stickers with inappropriate messages were distributed to elementary students during a multicultural night event.

During the April 28 event at Beverly Elementary School, children were given stickers with different messages, including at least one that included an image of a gun and another that said &quot expletive) Zionism," Birmingham Public School previously said in a statement.

Laila Balboul said she and another mother provided the stickers, which they had purchased from Amazon. They had no idea the stickers included the inappropriate imagery and messages, she said.

"It was an innocent mistake that could have happened to anybody," Balbous said.




https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2026/06/23/birmingham-mom-has-been-harassed-doxxed-over-inappropriate-stickers-she-said/90669722007/

[electric_blue68]

1. While scrolling through this page for something else... They couldn't -have looked- at them first?...

Don't you sort of monitor things you plan to hand out to kids?

[RandySF]

4. That's why I call BS.

[electric_blue68]

6. Got it.

[yardwork]

16. I found more news articles about this.

The stickers were distributed from a booth at a Multicultural Night event for schoolchildren. The booth encouraged children to sign up to be pen pals with children in Gaza, and included photos of destruction in Gaza.

The woman who did this, Laila Balboul, is an Arab American realtor who uses the Palestinian flag on her instagram account.

She's hired a lawyer and gone public with complaints that she's the one being oppressed.

https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/oakland-county/birmingham-parents-demand-clarity-after-multicultural-night-sticker-controversy

[Sympthsical]

2. Raise your hand if you believe these weirdos

Because I don't.

The kind of person who would have stickers like this is exactly the kind who would think nothing of passing them along to kids to proselytize.

[Cha]

3. They should Watch and figure out what they're

handing out to kids.

It wouldn't ".. happen to anyone", who bothered to check them out first.

[PCIntern]

5. Their "mistake" in their minds is getting caught...

I’m really getting sick of this shit. So tired of this after 70+ years of my life.

Yeah…it’s always a big frigging accident. Funny, nobody ever “accidentally” orders Magen David Tee shirts.

“Gee, I thought that (swastika) thing was from the Native Americans. I had no idea that the Nazis used it”

I actually heard that come out of someone’s mouth years ago.

[sarisataka]

7. Just a couple of weeks ago I had a reply

that said they would think the same of a person wearing a swastika the same as if they wore an Ankh; the meanings of the two symbols had no difference

[hookaleft]

8. I don't see anything wrong with anti-zionist stickers, do you?

[Cha]

9. I "...see something wrong", with this..

During the April 28 event at Beverly Elementary School, children were given stickers with different messages, including at least one that included an image of a gun and another that said " expletive) Zionism,"

[Mossfern]

10. Do you know what Zionism is?

I think many people are misinformed.

[yardwork]

12. Yes, I do.

I think it's unacceptable to hand out stickers to elementary school children that say "Fuck Zionism."

[hookaleft]

14. I didn't see that

[yardwork]

15. It's quoted in the OP.

I'll repeat it here.

During the April 28 event at Beverly Elementary School, children were given stickers with different messages, including at least one that included an image of a gun and another that said " expletive) Zionism," Birmingham Public School previously said in a statement.

[RandySF]

13. Stickers with guns veer into terrorism.

[yardwork]

17. I found more articles about this.

https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/oakland-county/birmingham-parents-demand-clarity-after-multicultural-night-sticker-controversy

[betsuni]

11. K&R