Months of pressure from the Likud party on Orly Ades, director general of the Central Elections Committee, bore fruit. She understood that if she didn't resign, they would do to her what they had done to others – subject her to a campaign of incitement and delegitimization
The resignation of attorney Orly Ades as director general of the Central Elections Committee, one of the most sensitive jobs in the country, merits special attention from Israelis concerned about the country's democracy ahead of the general election.