Original sentence: "  Jewish-Venezuelan community leaders in Caracas claimed in a El Nuevo Herald article that Chávez's statements have created a situation of "fear and discomfort... The president is not the president of a single group but of Venezuelan Jews as well.Despite specifically referring to the actions of the Israeli government, rather than making vague references to "Jews", accusations of anti-semitism have been leveled against Chavez because of these comments.In an interview with the news agency Al Jazeera in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Chávez made the first of two strong statements regarding Israel, saying, "They are doing what Hitler did against the Jews.The Anti-Defamation League wrote a letter to Chávez, asking him to consider how his statements might affect Venezuela, and the southern area director of the ADL, with typical hyperbally, accused Chávez of "distorting history and torturing the truth, as he has done in this case, it is a dangerous exercise which echoes classic anti-Semitic themes
Edited sentence: "  Jewish-Venezuelan community leaders in Caracas told El Nuevo Herald that Chávez's statements have created a situation of "fear and discomfort... The president is not the president of a single group but of Venezuelan Jews as well.Despite his referring to the actions of the Israeli government rather than vague references to Jews, accusations of anti-semitism have been leveled against Chavez because of these comments.In an interview with the news agency Al Jazeera in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Chávez made the first of two controversial statements regarding Israel, saying, "They are doing what Hitler did against the Jews.The Anti-Defamation League wrote a letter to Chávez, asking him to consider how his statements might affect Venezuela, and the southern area director of the ADL accused Chávez of "distorting history and torturing the truth, as he has done in this case, it is a dangerous exercise which echoes classic anti-Semitic themes