Israel criticises British defence secretary using clown emoji in online post

Israel criticises British defence secretary using clown emoji in online post Submitted by Imran Mulla on Sun, 03/08/2026 - 11:05 Israeli foreign ministry condemns John Healey on its official X account for saying Iran's strikes on Israel last year were proportionate British Defence Secretary John Healey speaks to the media at Nato headquarters in Brussels on 12 February 2026 (AFP) Off Israel 's foreign ministry has criticised British Defence Secretary John Healey using a clown emoji after he said Iran 's strikes last year were "proportionate" while criticising its attacks on the Gulf this year. The foreign ministry's official X account on Saturday posted a 14-second clip of Healey speaking to Sky News at the UK's Royal Air Force Akrotiri base in Cyprus earlier this week. In the interview, the British defence secretary had said: "We're now in a position to judge better the nature of the Iranian response to the strikes.