The '''Lapidomator''' is a [[Facebook|status]] [[Auto-text|generator]] of unique text. This text was previously written by [[Yair Lapid]] when he was the [[Ministry of Finance (Israel)|Finance Minister]] in the [[33rd government of Israel]], which acted in the [[Israeli legislative election, 2013|19th Knesset]].
== History ==
Since the beginning of the 33rd Government, Lapid has written different statuses in Facebook, which have been looked quite similar.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Yair Lapid|url=https://www.facebook.com/YairLapid/posts/542427845815571|title=I want to be very clear about the equality of the burden|website=[[Facebook]]|language=he|date=2013-05-27|access-date=2018-11-07|quote=There will be an equality of the burden, or this government will fall apart. From the first moment ''[[Yesh Atid]]'' has taken upon itself to be the responsible and stable part of the government. I took upon myself all the difficult and unpleasant parts of the government's work, but if someone thinks that I went into politics only for solving the economic catastrophe which the previous government left here, he does not understand why I am here.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Yair Lapid|url=https://www.facebook.com/YairLapid/posts/2100594009998939|title=The situation is exacerbated by the fact that Netanyahu is now completely identified with the Republican Party|website=[[Facebook]]|language=he|date=2018-11-07|access-date=2018-11-07|quote=The Democratic victory in the US Congressional race creates quite a few challenges for the current government, and for more than two years everyone has been telling Netanyahu that it would happen, but he thought that he knew better.}}</ref> As there was a gap between the statuses which Lapid wrote and the work which ''[[Yesh Atid]]'' did at the Knesset,<ref>{{Cite web|author=TheMarker digital|url=https://www.themarker.com/news/1.2026547|title=15 promises and inaccuracies in Lapid's post – and how it affects your life|website=[[TheMarker]]|language=he|date=2013-05-22|access-date=2018-11-07|quote=TheMarker examination: The gap between the statements which were made by the Finance Minister Yair Lapid in his Facebook posting for presenting the successes in the budget, and the reality of the economic cuttings: incorrect calculations, announcements of a committee which has not yet been established, the lowering of prices which is not on the horizon, and no word about housing prices.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Itai Blumenthal, Omri Efraim and Moran Azoulay|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4482026,00.html|title=Criticism of the nutrition program: Poverty is not just food|website=[[Ynet]]|language=he|date=2014-01-28|access-date=2018-11-07|quote=The Finance Minister announced an addition of 30 million ILS for nutritional security, but the [[NGO]]s complained: "The treasury is making things difficult for us." [[List of members of the nineteenth Knesset|MK]] Herzog: "A gap between talk and action".}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Omri Efraim|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4482217,00.html|title=75,000 extra hot meals budgeted for 'nutritional security'|website=[[Ynetnews]]|date=2014-01-28|access-date=2018-11-07|quote=It is further unclear why a large amount of the funds is allocated to voluntary sectors and not transferred directly to underprivileged populations through magnetic cards or through existing infrastructure of government offices, a move that could save some of the costs. Many experts believe that the answer to solving problem of poverty is in raising low allotments and not in food distribution.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mishmar.org.il/nl/newsletter.php?nlid=131|title=More talk, less action|website=Al Mishmar HaKnesset|language=he|date=2014-08-26|access-date=2018-11-07|quote=The third session of the 19th Knesset is characterized by '''poor parliamentary work in all aspects of religion and state'''. On the other hand, the public discourse remains lively both in the media, in public '''and in the personal platforms of MKs on the social network'''.}}</ref> the Lapidomator has been created.
