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Steve Linde

Steve Linde

Steve Linde, the JNS features editor, is a former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post and The Jerusalem Report and a former head of Kol Yisrael English News. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, he grew up in Durban, South Africa, and has degrees in sociology and journalism. He made aliyah in 1988, served in IDF Artillery and lives in Jerusalem.

Participants at the TAMA conference in Tel Aviv, June 30, 2026. Credit: Courtesy.
Israeli Society
How do Israelis across society view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
At a Tel Aviv conference, TAMA presented a year-long study mapping how different Israeli identity groups see the country’s future.
July 1, 2026
Steve Linde
Winners of the Wdzięczność-Gratitude Awards pose with B'nai B'rith International CEO Daniel Mariaschin (left) and B'nai B'rith World Center-Jerusalem Director Alan Schneider (right), in Lublin, Poland, June 28, 2026. (Courtesy/ B'nai B'rith International)
World News
B’nai B’rith honors Poles preserving Jewish heritage, combating antisemitism
Three individuals and a grassroots group received the 2026 Gratitude Awards in Lublin for strengthening Jewish-Polish ties and preserving Holocaust memory.
June 30, 2026
Steve Linde
Rescuers search for victims at a collapsed building as one raises a Venezuelan flag following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Venezuela and other regions in the Caribbean, on June 28, 2026, in Carabellada, Venezuela. Photo by Jesus Vargas/Getty Images.
World News
Israel sends quake-relief team to Venezuela
“Israel is one of the first countries to offer assistance when a humanitarian disaster strikes, wherever it occurs,” delegation leader Yoed Magen told JNS.
June 30, 2026
Steve Linde
Former IDF spokeswoman Rachel Lester holding her new book, June 2026. Credit: Courtesy.
Book Club
Former IDF spokeswoman’s new book explores Israel’s information war
Los Angeles-born Rachel Lester tells JNS that winning global public opinion requires more effective storytelling, diverse voices and discipline on social media.
June 28, 2026
Steve Linde
Entebbe Gallery: Dramatic photographs of the Israeli hostage rescue in Uganda 50 years ago from the newly declassified State Archives, June 28, 2026. Credit: The Knesset https://main.knesset.gov.il/EN/About/Pages/Departments/EntebbeGallery.aspx#jumptohere.
Israel News
Israel declassifies Entebbe files on 50th anniversary
The newly released State Archives trace the Israeli response from the Air France hijacking to the successful hostage rescue in Uganda.
June 26, 2026
Steve Linde
Student leaders from universities in the United States and Canada visit Givat Eitam on the southeastern edge of Efrat, overlooking the Judean Desert, June 24, 2026. Credit: Hasbara Fellowships and IsraelAmbassadors.com.
Feature
North American student leaders connect with Jewish roots in Judea and Samaria
“It’s difficult to stand among ancient stones and not recognize the power of a people maintaining a connection to places that have shaped their story for thousands of years,” said one participant.
June 24, 2026
Steve Linde
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former members of Sayeret Matkal, the elite special reconnaissance unit of the IDF, lay a wreath on Yoni Netanyahu's grave on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, June 20, 2026, on the 50th anniversary of his death. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Israel News
Netanyahu honors fallen brother on 50th anniversary of Entebbe mission
Visiting Yoni Netanyahu’s grave at Mount Herzl, the PM said the mission of protecting Israel from existential threats has driven him ever since.
June 22, 2026
Steve Linde
Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the U.N. Headquarters in New York City, April, 28, 2026. Credit: Mark Garten/UN Photo.
Israel News
Danon demands UN official quit over Israel blacklist
During a heated exchange at a conference on conflict-related sexual violence, Israel’s envoy accused top United Nations representatives of bias against the Jewish state.
June 20, 2026
Steve Linde
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, plant a tree with Noam Leiter, son of Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter, and Ofri Nir, daughter of the late Yuval Nir, during the inauguration of the new Promenade neighborhood in Kibbutz Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion on June 18, 2026. Photo by Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO.
Israel News
Netanyahu inaugurates neighborhood in Gush Etzion, names Route 60 ‘The Biblical Highway’
Israel will remain in Judea and Samaria forever, the prime minister vowed.
June 19, 2026
Steve Linde
A rendering of the renovated hospital building at Clalit-Soroka Medical Center, June 19, 2026. Credit: Clalit Soroka Medical Center.
Feature
Year after Iran missile strike, Soroka rebuilds ‘larger, safer, more innovative and stronger medical center’
Southern Israel’s largest hospital is transforming a devastating attack into an ambitious expansion aimed at serving more than a million Negev residents.
June 18, 2026
Steve Linde
Željka Cvijanović, the Serb member of the three-person Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
Zeljka Cvijanovic: Israel’s battle is rooted in Oct. 7 massacre
Ahead of the JNS Summit, the Bosnian Serb leader explains her strong support for the Jewish state and warns of Iranian influence in the Balkans.
June 18, 2026
Steve Linde
Ron Dermer, recipient of the Hero of Israel Award, and former hostage Bar Kupershtein on stage at United Hatzalah's New York Gala, June 15, 2026. Credit: Courtesy of United Hatzalah.
Feature
United Hatzalah New York Gala honors Ron Dermer with Hero of Israel award
“Hatzalah has become an integral part of our national resilience,” the former ambassador and Netanyahu adviser said at the organization’s annual fundraiser.
June 17, 2026
Steve Linde