Original sentence: According to the Washington Post, the ADL and and AJC had complained to Polish consul Krzysztof Kasprzyk that Judt was "too critical of Israel and American Jewry," though both organizations deny asking that the talk be cancelled, ADL National Chairman Abraham Foxman calling Judt's claims of interference "wild conspiracy theories.Judt went on to criticize "Jewish organizations that believe they should keep people who disagree with them on the Middle East away from anyone who might listen.Judt, who had planned to argue that the Israel lobby in the United States often stifled honest debate, called the implications of the cancellation "serious and frightening," and remarked that "only in America -- not in Israel -- is this a problem," referring to the common charge that vigorous criticism of Israeli policy, common in Israel itself, is treated as taboo in the United States
Edited sentence: According speculation described in the Washington Post, the ADL and and AJC had complained to Polish consul Krzysztof Kasprzyk that Judt was "too critical of Israel and American Jewry," though both organizations deny asking that the talk be cancelled, ADL National Chairman Abraham Foxman calling Judt's claims of interference "wild conspiracy theories.Judt remarked that "only in America -- not in Israel -- is this a problem," thus speaking as if the Polish consulate were on American rather than Polish soil.Judt went on to object to those who discourage foreign governments from sponsoring his talks, decrying "Jewish organizations that believe they should keep people who disagree with them on the Middle East away from anyone who might listen.Judt, who had planned to argue that the Israel lobby in the United States often stifled honest debate, called the implications of the cancellation "serious and frightening" but the Polish consulate asserted that it was not subject to the American first amendment