The article aims to further the understanding of the current constitutional crisis in Israel through the lens of political polarisation. Israel, like other countries around the world, is experiencing a substantial increase in political polarisation. Recent data shows that since 2009 affective polarisation (the extent to which individuals have negative feelings towards members of the opposing party or group and positive feelings towards their own party or group) has risen by 180 per cent. The article discusses the various phenomena associated with an increase in polarisation and the problems it raises, traces the reasons for the increase in polarisation in Israel, and argues that polarisation has played an important role in creating the conflict between the current government and the Supreme Court, and in making it so intense and intractable.

本文旨在通过政治极化的视角进一步了解以色列当前的宪法危机。与世界其他国家一样，以色列正在经历政治两极分化的大幅加剧。最近的数据显示，自2009年以来，情感两极分化（个人对对方政党或团体成员抱有负面情绪，而对自己政党或团体抱有正面情绪的程度）上升了180%。文章讨论了与两极分化加剧相关的各种现象及其引发的问题，追溯了以色列两极分化加剧的原因，并认为两极分化在造成现任政府与最高法院之间的冲突中发挥了重要作用，并使其变得如此激烈和棘手。