AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun

Andrew Friedman and Shannon Deery
Herald Sun

A SCHOOL principal accused of molesting a string of Melbourne students will ask Israel’s attorney general to block attempts to have her extradited.

Malka Leifer is wanted by Victorian police but has spent more than 18 months fighting attempts to have her return to Melbourne.

She is accused of molesting a number of young female students while principal at ultra-Orthodox Jewish school Adass Israel School in Elsternwick.

She fled to Israel in 2008 after allegations she had been sexually abusing students were made public.

Ms Leifer has been under house arrest since 2014, is required to wear a GPS tracking device and is subject to 24 hour supervision.

She failed to appear at an Israeli court hearing on Sunday, the seventh she has skipped, with her lawyers asking the court to adjourn the case for up to two…