NFL told Azeez Al-Shaair he'd be pulled from Texans game over pro-Palestinian eyeblack message

Azeez Al-Shaair tried for the second consecutive week to mark his eyeblack with an anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian message last week, but backed down when an NFL official told him he'd be removed from the game if he persisted, an NFL source told OutKick.

Al-Shaair, a linebacker for the Houston Texans, was fined $11,492 in Week 1 when he inscribed the name of slain Palestinian girl Hind Rajab on his eyeblack to highlight her death during a bombing in Gaza by the Israeli Defense Force.

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