How to play

The Knesset has 120 seats, and whoever lines up 61 of them can govern. Your job is to build a coalition that gets there and holds together.

Last updated October 28, 2026

Build your coalition

Tap the circle beside a party to bring it into your coalition, or tap its seats in the chamber. Coalition seats fill in solid from the left, and every other party turns to outlines. The gold line down the middle marks 61. Once your coalition crosses it, you have a majority.

Read the verdict

Under the chamber, the game tells you how many seats you're short. It also names the smallest single party that would get you over the line on its own.

Cross 61 and you get the Knock-Out! stamp, along with your cushion: how many seats you could lose and still govern. Partners whose exit would cost you the majority are marked pivotal. In a coalition with a one-seat cushion, almost everyone is pivotal, which is why narrow governments in Israel tend to be fragile.

Change the seats

Use the − and + buttons on any party. A party always holds either 0 seats, meaning it fell below the 3.25% threshold, or at least 4, because 3.25% of the vote works out to about 3.9 seats. Pressing + on a party at 0 brings it into the Knesset with 4 seats. Pressing − on a party at 4 drops it out.

• Where new seats come from: empty seats first. If the chamber is full, extra seats are taken from the other parties in proportion to their size, so bigger parties give up more. A message tells you who lost what.
• Where freed seats go: they become empty seats, shown as dashed outlines. Tap Share out empty seats to hand them back to the seated parties in proportion to their size. It uses the same divisor idea Israel uses for its leftover seats.
• Want seats to come from a specific party? Lower that party first, then raise the one you want. The freed seats get used before anyone else's.

Edit or add parties

Tap a party's name to change its name, subtitle, seats and color, or to delete it. Add a party creates a new one with 4 seats. You can also add a party at 0 seats to keep a below-threshold party on the board for later.

Vetoes and clashes

Israeli coalitions often fall apart over who won't sit with whom. In a party's settings, mark the parties it refuses to sit with. If both end up in your coalition, the game calls a Clash, and your majority doesn't count until you drop one of them or lift the veto.

The starting numbers

Every visit opens on the latest published results of the October 27, 2026 election. The badge above the chamber says whether they're partial or final, and when they're from; tap it to see the source. When newer results come out, the game switches to them on its own. If you're in the middle of your own scenario, it asks first with a Load them button instead.

Reset to latest results takes you back to the official numbers at any time. Empty the chamber clears everything so you can build a Knesset from scratch.

Save and share

Your own board is saved in your browser on this device. The next time you open the game, it starts on the latest results and offers Restore it to pick up where you left off. Copy lineup turns your coalition into text you can paste into WhatsApp or anywhere else. Turn on the bell to hear a boxing-ring ding when you land a knock-out.

Install it as an app

• Android, or Chrome and Edge on a computer: tap Install app at the top of the game, or use your browser's install option.
• iPhone and iPad: open the site in Safari, tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen.

Once installed, it opens full screen like any other app and keeps working offline.