The Australian Parliament is expected to pass a motion on Monday calling for Israel to immediately extradite a former school principal wanted on dozens of charges of child sex abuse.
The motion to be moved by lawmakers from both the government and opposition in the House of Representatives increases pressure on Israeli to end a legal wrangle over Israeli Australian dual citizen Malka Leifer that has drawn out over six years.
Leifer, now aged 52, fled Australia in 2008 as child abuse allegations surfaced from her time as a teacher and principal at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne.