This morning the court in Jerusalem, adjudicated by [haredi] Judge Chana Miriam Lomp, decided that Malka Leifer is fit to stand trial and to be extradited and the relevant ministries can take the necessary steps for this process.
This is not the final word. Leifer still has appeals available to her. She will appeal this ruling. And should the Supreme Curt uphold the ruling, the Justice Minister still needs to decide and sign off on extradition orders, and that too can be appealed. And should the extradition happen after all that, the process will begin in Australia with trials and appeals and claims of being mentally unfit...
Ironically, or curiously, Yaakov Litzman just resigned from the government a week ago, and already the courts are ruling Leifer can be extradited... Sherlock Holmes would say "Coincidence? I think not!" But it likely is a coincidence, even though the timing is glaring. The tide had already turned a little while back and Litzman seemed to have lost his influence on these matters months ago, if not more.
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