Q: But most Israelis, including those sympathetic to the settlers' efforts to reclaim all the territory that was part of the biblical Land of Israel, reacted with horror to the Hebron killings and the subsequent violence.
Hebron is located 20 miles south of Jerusalem.

A: no

Q: The original spelling reform of 1996, which was meant to harmonize the spelling rules across the German-speaking countries, turned out to be a major embarrassment if not outright failure.
A spelling reform was approved in all German speaking countries.

A: yes

Q: The new study refutes earlier findings by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, who concluded that the odds of getting head and neck cancers rose in tandem with the frequency and duration of marijuana use.
The latest findings contradict a California study that implicated regular pot smoking as having markedly higher risks for head and neck cancers.

A:
yes