Azeez Al-Shaair removed eye black bearing name of slain Palestinian girl during Week 2 game: Source by Jonathan Jones

• Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair made international headlines after Week 1 when the NFL fined him for writing the name of a Palestinian girl killed in Gaza on his eyeblack in a game. He wore the name of a different slain Palestinian girl on his eye black last Sunday before removing it during the game.

Al-Shaair began the Texans’ Week 2 game against the Cincinnati Bengals with the name Wafaa Akila written on his eyeblack. After it was spotted by a league official, Al-Shaair was informed he would have to remove it or he would not be permitted to continue playing in the game, according to a league source who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

While Al-Shaair was fined $11,941 in Week 1, the source told The Athletic he was not fined in Week 2.

According to Reuters, Wafaa Akila was an 8-year-old Palestinian girl killed earlier this month by an Israeli airstrike.

… Al-Shaair wore eye black with “stop the genocide” written on it during warmups before the Texans’ playoff game against the New England Patriots last January.