Tel-Chai Nation

Haredi child molestor and justice dodger Malka Leifer's attorneys don't want her appearing before a psychiatric panel, in another attempt to delay and avoid extradition:

Malka Leifer’s attorneys informed the Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday that their client would not appear before the court-ordered psychiatric panel to determine whether she is feigning mental illness in order to avoid extradition to Australia, where she faces 74 charges of sexual assault.

In a letter to the court, Tal Gabay and Yehuda Fried said they could not allow their client to cooperate with a panel, which they had opposed from the start.

Because it's bound to determine what's been pretty obvious all along: she was faking it.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a prosecution official suggested that the defense’s letter might be a “media stunt” — a claim that the defense flatly denied.

Not exactly. It's a stalling tactic.

Another prosecution official told The Times of Israel that she was not familiar with any other case in which the defense “blatantly disregarded” a court decision. She said the prosecution would wait to hear the judge’s response to the defense’s letter before taking any steps of its own.

So now that the tide's going against them, they're changing their tactics. Figures, I guess.

The nature of the delays in the Leifer case have been a cause of considerable strain on relations between Jerusalem and Canberra. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week called on Israel to wrap the case up swiftly.

On Tuesday, a delegation of former Australian officials led by former prime minister John Howard raised the Leifer case during their meeting with President Reuven Rivlin.

According to a statement from his office, Rivlin said “he understood the gravity of the issue for the Australian public and added that it was painful for us, too. He also said that the relevant authorities… are of the opinion that extradition should be carried out as soon as possible and are doing all in their power to ensure that is the case.”

“The Israeli legal system is independent, but the State of Israel is doing everything possible to move the extradition forward,” the president added.

On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured the same delegation that Israel would immediately sign off on Leifer’s extradition if ordered by a Jerusalem court, sources present at the sit-down from both countries confirmed to The Times of Israel.

I'm glad Netanyahu's government addressed the issue, after all the trouble Yaakov Litzman caused behind their backs. In the meantime, the court's ordered that Leifer be required to appear before the panel. And she better. And then get her sorry rear end on the plane back to Down Under. We don't need scum like her in this country.

Labels: Australia, haredi corruption, Israel, Knesset, misogyny, Moonbattery