Original sentence: " As such, Israel is the world's only Jewish state, though its population includes citizens from many ethnic and religious backgrounds.According to its Declaration of Independence, unveiled on May 14, 1948, Eretz Yisrael (Hebrew: ארץ ישראל) was "the birthplace of the Jewish people," and the modern State of Israel founded by the Declaration "will be open for Jewish immigration and the ingathering of exiles.Israel is a mature parliamentary democracy, but its respect for human rights has been criticized especially in the Israeli-occupied territories.It boasts one of the strongest military forces in the world.It has a technologically advanced economy and is ranked 23rd on the 2005 United Nations Human Development Index.It was established by the United Nations in 1947, and had to fight five major wars to maintain its existence
Edited sentence: As such, it is the world's only Jewish state, though its population includes citizens from many ethnic and religious backgrounds.Israel has a technologically advanced economy and is ranked 23rd on the 2005 United Nations Human Development Index.It is the Middle East's only parliamentary democracy and the nation state of the indigenous people of Eretz Yisrael (Hebrew: ארץ ישראל)