I can't read the Washington Post one. It's paywalled. But I see you're referring to Zionists.

Matthew 21:43 disagrees with that.

As well as Matthew 23: 37, 38 - "37. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the killer of the prophets and stoner of those sent to her... 38 Look! Your house is abandoned to you."

Ancient Israel were the chosen people. But that was lost after they killed Jesus.

But some can still attain God's favour:

Romans 9:27 - "Moreover, Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Although the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved."

And Israel being the chosen people forever wouldn't be fair to everyone else. And that was never the intention:

Hebrews 8:6 - "But now Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry because he is also the mediator of a correspondingly better covenant, which has been legally established on better promises."

The "better promises" is that "all men of all nations" could become one of God's people, not just Israelites/Jews.

I'm not trying to argue the validity of the Bible here, only pointing out that the Bible itself does not support any nation, after Jesus, to be God's chosen people.