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Steve Linde, the JNS features editor, is a former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Report and The Jerusalem Post and a former director at Kol Yisrael, Israel Radio’s English News. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, he grew up in Durban, South Africa and has graduate degrees in sociology and journalism, the latter from the University of California at Berkeley. He made aliyah in 1988, served in the IDF Artillery Corps and lives in Jerusalem.

Defense Ministry says the defense budget includes expanded funding for IDF reservists and major security upgrades in Judea and Samaria.
The 10-member delegation from leading South African universities toured Israeli colleges, research centers and innovation hubs.
The competition run by Tel Aviv University in partnership with Brandeis University is open to Hebrew learners aged 12–18 around the world.
A new tourist complex invites visitors to stay in 12 boutique apartments above the site believed to have been King David’s Palace.
“She lived, breathed and dreamed Netanya, and this was evident in the enormous development of the city under her leadership,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Members of the delegation stressed that their mission would continue until the remains of the last captive are returned home for burial.
South African Christian leaders visit Israel to deepen ties, counter misinformation and reaffirm faith-based solidarity.