FILE PHOTO: Israeli deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman speaks to members of the media before he enters the offices of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 26, 2019. Jim Hollander/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
It will be up to state prosecutors to decide whether to accept the police findings and charge the deputy minister, Yaakov Litzman, who has denied any wrongdoing. Leifer is the former principal of Adass Israel School, an ultra-orthodox Jewish girls’ school in Melbourne. She is wanted by Australian police on 74 sexual assault charges, including rape, involving girls at the institution.
In a statement, police alleged that Litzman, who heads the United Torah Judaism party in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition, pressured court-appointed psychiatrists to support Leifer’s mental illness claims.