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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.

Avi Issacharoff, co-creator of the Israeli TV series “Fauda,” speaks with Noa Amouyal, representing the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, Oct. 14, 2026. Photo by Michal Riss.
Feature
‘Fauda’ co-creator: Museums and media have ‘sacred mission’ to preserve truth of Oct. 7
Avi Issacharoff warns that denial of the Hamas massacre and false narratives about Israel are taking hold in the United States and Europe.
Oct. 16, 2026
Steve Linde
Representatives of nine Israeli political parties participated in the JNS-Yad L’Olim English-language election debate ahead of the Oct. 27 elections, Oct. 11, 2026. Credit: JNS.
Israel News
Zionist parties unite against Palestinian state in JNS election debate
Eight of nine parties represented opposed Palestinian statehood, while opposition parties split over their choice for prime minister.
Oct. 11, 2026
Steve Linde
South African jurist Navi Pillay after she was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize in the historic Courtroom 600 of Nuremberg's Palace of Justice—the venue of the 1945-1946 Nuremberg Trials against leaders of defeated Nazi Germany—in Nuremberg, Germany, where she was attending the Nuremberg Forum 2026 conference of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, Oct. 9, 2026. Photo by Frank Boxler/AFP via Getty Images.
World News
Navi Pillay, who accused Israel of genocide, wins Nobel Peace Prize
Israel assailed the decision as a “grotesque weaponization of an award to legitimize anti-Israel hatred and prejudice.”
Oct. 9, 2026
Steve Linde
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar talks to The Jerusalem Post's news editor, Alex Winston, at the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem, Oct. 8, 2026. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post.
Feature
Sa’ar: Countries that act against Israel will ‘lose their influence’ in region
The Israeli foreign minister announced that Colombia will become the 10th country to open an embassy in Jerusalem.
Oct. 9, 2026
Steve Linde
Medical teams treat a wounded patient at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva during the Hamas massacre on Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: “The Shift”/“Zman Emet."
Feature
New footage documents battle to save lives at Beersheva hospital on Oct. 7
A “Kan 11” documentary chronicles how Soroka’s medical teams treated 674 wounded during the Hamas massacre.
Oct. 8, 2026
Steve Linde
Dr. Nirit Shalev-Khalifa and Dina Grossman from Jerusalem's Yad Ben-Zvi Institute scour a Gaza border community following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre. Photo by Sarit Uzieli.
Feature
When Oct. 7 ‘trauma objects’ become witnesses to Israel’s history
Nirit Shalev-Khalifa and her Yad Ben-Zvi team are preserving thousands of items from Gaza-border communities devastated in the Hamas massacre for future generations.
Oct. 4, 2026
Steve Linde
Matan Adelson, owner of Hapoel “Midtown” Jerusalem Basketball Club, addresses the team’s season-opening event at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, Sept. 22, 2026. Credit: Media, Hapoel “Midtown” Jerusalem.
Feature
Hapoel Jerusalem opens new season with its sights set on Europe
“I want us playing the biggest games in the EuroCup at the end of the season and winning,” owner Matan Adelson said.
Sept. 23, 2026
Steve Linde
Yoni Finlay, a survivor of the 2025 Yom Kippur terrorist attack on Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester, at the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp site in Poland, April 13, 2026. Credit: Blake Ezra Photography.
Feature
Heaton Park survivor: Manchester Jewish community ‘doesn’t feel any safer’
Yoni Finlay, who was shot while defending his synagogue on Yom Kippur, says heightened security continues to shape Jewish life a year after the deadly attack.
Sept. 18, 2026
Steve Linde
“The Whole World Sings Together,” a new international song and music video released by Friends of Zion ahead of the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre. Photo by Noam Ben Shalom.
World News
Global song to mark third anniversary of Oct. 7
Friends of Zion founder Mike Evans said the international music project, featuring voices representing 17 countries and cultures, was inspired by “We Are the World.”
Sept. 15, 2026
Steve Linde
Members of a delegation of South African queens and princesses during a visit to Israel, September 2026. Credit: Courtesy of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Feature
‘May God bless Israel,’ South African princess says at end of weeklong visit
Fundiswa Zote told JNS her 12-member royal delegation sought to build ties through Israeli innovation, technology and water solutions.
Sept. 4, 2026
Steve Linde
Professor Ada Yonath, who received the EMET Prize in Life Sciences on Nov. 5, 2006. Photo by Kobi Kalmanovitz/EMET Prize.
Feature
Ada Yonath, the Israeli chemist who dared to dream
The Nobel laureate transformed understanding of the ribosome, advanced the fight against antibiotic resistance and demonstrated the power of persistence.
Sept. 1, 2026
Steve Linde
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets with Rabbi Doron Perez, father of slain IDF Capt. Daniel Perez, on Aug. 10, 2026. Credit: Courtesy of the South African Presidency.
World News
Father of IDF soldier slain on Oct. 7 thanks South Africa’s president for helping return his son’s remains
“Without the direct intervention of the president and the S.A. government, our son’s body would in all likelihood have come back months later, causing us additional pain and suffering,” said Rabbi Doron Perez.
Aug. 11, 2026
Steve Linde