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Joshua Marks

Joshua Marks is a news editor on the Jerusalem desk at JNS.org, where he covers Jewish affairs, the Middle East and global news. He is an experienced journalist who has written and produced content for major media outlets in both the United States and Israel.

A family member of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, one of 15 victims in the Bondi Beach mass shooting, during his funeral at Chabad of Bondi in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 17, 2025. Photo by Hollie Adams/POOL/Getty Images.
Antisemitism
Alleged Sydney terror gunman charged with 15 counts of murder
Australian prosecutors charged the surviving accused gunman with 59 terror-related offenses over the Chanukah attack that killed 15 and wounded dozens.
Dec. 17, 2025
Joshua Marks
A Chanukah menorah is projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on Dec. 15, 2025. Photo by David Gray / AFP via Getty Images.
Antisemitism
Australian officials: Chanukah attack inspired by Islamic State
Investigators are probing a Philippines training trip the father-and-son gunmen took weeks before the Bondi Beach shooting that killed 15 people.
Dec. 16, 2025
Joshua Marks
Alex Ryvchin, Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, left, mourns in front of the Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach on Dec. 15, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. Photo by George Chan/Getty Images.
World News
Gunman in Bondi Chanukah massacre linked to Islamic State
Naveed Akram, 24, who committed the mass shooting with his 50-year-old father, had been on the radar of Australian authorities.
Dec. 15, 2025
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Knesset member Ohad Tal meets with Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung in Taipei. Credit: Courtesy of Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry.
Israel News
Israeli lawmaker presses for deeper ties with Taiwan
MK Ohad Tal warns of the China–Iran–North Korea–Russia axis as he meets Taiwan’s vice president and senior officials.
Dec. 14, 2025
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Health workers move a man on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Dec. 14, 2025. Photo by Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images.
Antisemitism
Israeli leaders condemn Sydney Chanukah attack
President Isaac Herzog called the deadly shooting “vile” terrorism, while Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said he was “appalled” by the incident.
Dec. 14, 2025
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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Bolivian Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo at the signing ceremony to renew diplomatic relations in Washington on Dec. 9, 2025. Photo by Shmulik Almani/MFA.
Israel News
Netanyahu congratulates Paz on renewal of Israel-Bolivia ties
The two leaders agreed to exchange high-level visits and deepen cooperation in security, agriculture and tourism as diplomatic ties are formally restored.
Dec. 11, 2025
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New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (left) and Sen. Bernie Sanders join striking Starbucks workers in New York City on Dec. 1, 2025. Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
Israeli FM mocks Mamdani’s Netanyahu arrest threat
“I will only say or repeat what the prime minister has said himself: He will come to New York,” said Gideon Sa’ar.
Dec. 10, 2025
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Global Jewish leaders concluded the J7 Task Force’s first summit in Sydney, held Dec. 3–8, 2025, standing with Australia’s Jewish community amid record antisemitism and urging governments worldwide to act against anti-Jewish hate. Credit: ADL.
Antisemitism
World Jewish leaders warn of rising antisemitism at Sydney summit
Representatives of the world’s largest Jewish communities said Australia’s spike in antisemitic attacks reflects a growing global threat to Jewish safety and democracy.
Dec. 9, 2025
Joshua Marks
An influenza vaccine is prepared for a patient at the pediatric office of Dr. Gary M. Kramer, Coral Gables, Florida, on Sept. 12, 2025. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images.
Israel News
Israeli Health Ministry warns of flu surge, urges vaccination
Officials urge the entire population to get immunized against influenza as hospitals report rising child cases and low vaccination rates nationwide.
Dec. 8, 2025
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Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter leaves after meeting with Republican lawmakers to discuss President Donald Trump's “Big, Beautiful Bill” at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2025. Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images.
Israel News
Leiter to Lebanon: Disarm Hezbollah, seek peace
Israel’s U.S. envoy urges Beirut to dismantle the Iranian terror proxy’s arsenal and link economic progress to regional peace.
Dec. 7, 2025
Joshua Marks
Andrew Ross Sorkin interviews Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remotely onstage during The New York Times DealBook Summit 2025 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan on Dec. 3, 2025. Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images for "The New York Times."
Israel News
Netanyahu vows to visit NYC despite Mamdani’s arrest threat
The prime minister said that he would be open to meeting the mayor-elect if he recognized Israel as a Jewish state.
Dec. 4, 2025
Joshua Marks
IDF
Israel News
Israel’s UN envoy rejects call to withdraw from Golan Heights
“Israel will not return to the 1967 lines and will not abandon the Golan. Not now, not ever,” Danny Danon said following the General Assembly resolution demanding an Israeli withdrawal.
Dec. 3, 2025
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