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Featured Stories Mideast peace push cited in Obama Nobel The chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize committee cited President Obama's outreach to the Muslim world and his push for Israeli-Arab peace in explaining its decision to award him the prize. Read more » U.S. sanctions on Iran: Expanding 'pistachios and Persians' worldwide The Obama administration is set to toughen sanctions against Iran if the regime does not open its nuclear facilities to international scrutiny. JTA's Ron Kampeas breaks down exactly what those sanctions would do. Read more » Time line of recent Iran revelations, plans for sanctions With a a flurry of activity in recent weeks suggesting that Iran may be getting closer to developing a nuclear weapon, and the international community threatening stricter sanctions, here is a time line of recent revelations about the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. Read more » Editors' Picks How to be a man NPR excerpts a section of Michael Chabon's new book, "Manhood for Amateurs." Why Dreyfus matters A new book explores the enduring significance of the Dreyfus Affair. The New Yorker has a review. All along the Gaza border The New York Times reports on the tense calm prevailing along Israel's border with Gaza. The end of liberal Judaism? Two opinion pieces this week predict the triumph of the Orthodox in Israel and America. Debating J Street Ex-Commentary editor says J Street â��shares central elements of the Mearsheimer-Walt thesis." Breaking News Iran will "blow up the heart of Israel" if attacked by Israel or the United States, a top Iranian Revolutionary Guard official said. About a dozen Israeli border policemen were lightly wounded Friday in clashes with Arab rock throwers in eastern Jerusalem. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill requiring President Obama to report to Congress on U.S. engagement with Iran by January's end. Two congressmen are demanding to know why the director of national intelligence testified that Iran had no secret enrichment facilities. Benjamin Netanyahu and George Mitchell had a "useful and productive" meeting on Friday, according to the Israeli Prime Minister's Office. President Obama extended the allowance for the Palestine Liberation Organization's Washington office. A Jewish school and the property of a Jewish businessman were painted with anti-Semitic graffiti in Buenos Aires. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill expanding the legal definition of a violent federal hate crime to include gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. Israel's Supreme Court rejected a request to allow Jews to visit the Temple Mount.