Are the people of Israel really the chosen people?

I leave you to consider this as you cast an eye over the history of the current Israelites who have been occupying Palestine for the last 76 years. Do they actually live up to this covenant? Do they act mercifully? Do they welcome the stranger in their midst, do they love justice and mercy and tend the sick?

Or do they do the exact opposite? And, as such, do they deserve the sobriquet God’s Chosen People?

Are the people of Israel really the chosen people?