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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.

Hostages Square
Israel News
Hostage families laud Trump, urge meeting during Israel visit
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum sent the invitation to the U.S. president amid reports that he will address the Knesset on Sunday.
Oct. 9, 2025
Joshua Marks, Amelie Botbol
Anthony Lamb (No. 22) of Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. drives to the basket as Noah Clowney (No. 21) of the Brooklyn Nets defends during the second half of a preseason game at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Oct. 4, 2025. Photo by Evan Bernstein/Getty Images.
Israel News
Fans at Barclays Center give warm reception to Hapoel Jerusalem
The crowd stood in respectful silence as Israel’s national anthem was sung before the Brooklyn Nets slam-dunked a 123-88 victory in the international friendly.
Oct. 5, 2025
Joshua Marks
A local family pay its respects at the scene of Thursday's terror attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester, England, Oct. 4, 2025. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images.
Israel News
Manchester shul attacker’s father praised Hamas terrorists
He hailed the Oct. 7 perpetrators as “God’s men on earth” and called the massacre in southern Israel a “miracle by all standards.”
Oct. 4, 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 30, 2025. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
‘Three or four days': Trump presses Hamas on peace plan acceptance
A senior Hamas official told the “BBC,” the terrorist group will likely reject the deal, citing demands to disarm and for an international stabilization force.
Oct. 1, 2025
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From left, Margot Vanpachtenbeke of Belgium and UCI President David Lappartient before the Women’s Elite Road Race at the UCI Worlds in Kigali, Rwanda, on Sept. 27, 2025. Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images.
Israel News
World cycling chief rejects calls to boycott Israeli athletes
David Lappartient said that “peace does not come through exclusion,” a day before the Israeli cycling team was banned from an Italian competition.
Sep. 28, 2025
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An anti-Israel activist holds a sign outside Etihad Stadium in Manchester before the Premier League match between Manchester City and Chelsea FC on Feb. 17, 2024. Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images.
Culture and Society
Trump moves to block World Cup ban on Israel
The United States vows to stop efforts to expel the Jewish state from international soccer.
Sep. 26, 2025
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Keir Starmer
Israel News
UK recognition of Palestinian state ‘reward for terrorism,’ Tory leader says
“We must remember Oct. 7, one of the worst, most violent days in the history of the world,” U.S. President Donald Trump said, standing next to Starmer.
Sep. 21, 2025
Joshua Marks, Natan Galula
Billboard, Times Square
Israel News
Anti-Israel soccer boycott campaign launches Times Square billboard
A coalition, including CodePink and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, is pressuring FIFA, UEFA and national federations to ban the Jewish state from play.
Sep. 17, 2025
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This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows a man looking at smoke billowing after explosions following an Israeli strike targeting Hamas terror leadership in Doha's capital Qatar on Sept. 9, 2025. Photo by Jacqueline Penny/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
IDF targets Hamas terrorists in Doha, Qatar
Jerusalem had previously warned that the Palestinian terror group’s leadership abroad was not safe.
Sep. 9, 2025
Joshua Marks, Amelie Botbol
Italy forward Matteo Politano (No. 7) and Israel forward Manor Solomon (No. 10), right, vie for the ball during a 2026 World Cup qualifier, Group I, between Israel and Italy in Debrecen, Hungary, on Sept. 8, 2025. Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
Italy tops Israel 5-4 in chaotic World Cup qualifier
Tensions in the Middle East spilled into the stands as some Italian supporters turned their backs on Israel’s national anthem to protest the Gaza war.
Sep. 9, 2025
Joshua Marks
Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister and Labor Minister Yolanda Diaz (center) and Youth and Children Minister Sira Rego participate in a demonstration supporting Palestinians in Madrid on Oct. 29, 2023. Photo by Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
Spain recalls envoy after Israel sanctions two ministers
Madrid pulls ambassador from Tel Aviv after Jerusalem bans two ministers over antisemitic, pro-violence statements.
Sep. 8, 2025
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A masked Palestinian child holds a rifle as he stands next to a Hamas terrorist at the site where the bodies of four Israeli hostages were handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on Feb. 20, 2025. Photo by Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
Netanyahu: Latest Hamas hostage-deal statement just ‘spin’
The Hamas proposal “has nothing new in it,” said the prime minister, who reiterated Israel’s five conditions for ending the conflict.
Sep. 4, 2025
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