Even Australia’s pro-Israel Jewish community is losing patience with the lengthy, Kafkaesque legal saga of Malka Leifer, a sex crimes suspect who fled to Israel in 2008. Critics have deemed her protracted extradition process a farce.
FILE - This Feb. 27, 2018 file photo, Australian Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem. Leifer is wanted in Australia for 74 charges of sexual assault and the country's request for her extradition has been delayed for years.
“When time and time and time again the process is just not moving forward, it’s increasingly more difficult,” said Meyer, 34, who lives in Melbourne. “Israel has an obligation to do the right thing.” In Australia, Leifer now faces 74 charges of sexual assault related to accusations brought forward by the three sisters. A judge in a civil suit against Leifer, 53, and the Adass Israel school where she taught, awarded Meyer’s sister more than $700,000 in damages. Meyer and another sister settled out of court.
“I do not doubt the independence and the integrity of the Israeli legal system, nor do I doubt the commitment of the Israeli Ministry of Justice to pursuing this case. But enough is enough. This case has gone on for far too long,” Dave Sharma, a member of parliament for the ruling Liberal party and former Australian envoy to Israel told the Australian Parliament in October.
Since her initial arrest, the court has heard Leifer’s case dozens of times. At the last hearing this month, a panel of psychiatrists set to deliver its ruling on Leifer’s mental state said it needed more time because it appeared the panel was unaware of the scheduled hearing. A new hearing is set for Jan. 14, but with a separate trial over her extradition yet to begin, and appeals expected, it’s unclear when, if ever, Leifer will face justice in Australia.
“We call on all those related to the issue to act responsibly and to let the justice system in Israel, which is among the grandest in the world, carry out its work without prohibited pressure tactics,” Tal Gabay and Yehuda Fried said in a statement.
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