Original sentence: government, he arrived in Israel in January 1948, four months prior to the official Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948, facing the Arab armies surrounding the soon-to-be State of Israel
Edited sentence: government, he arrived in Israel in January 1948, four months prior to the official Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948, facing the seething Arab armies surrounding the soon-to-be State of Israel