Jerusalem's chief psychiatrist has recommended that former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer is fit to face an extradition hearing in Israel over the alleged sexual abuse of girls.

Key points: Jerusalem's District Psychiatrist approved two reports saying Ms Leifer was fit to stand trial

Jerusalem's District Psychiatrist approved two reports saying Ms Leifer was fit to stand trial Australia has been seeking her extradition since 2014

Australia has been seeking her extradition since 2014 Alleged victim Dassi Erlich says she now wants to see an extradition trial date set

Leifer has been in a high-security women's prison in Israel since February, accused of abusing girls at the Adass Israel ultra-orthodox Jewish girls' school in Melbourne more than a decade ago.

Australia has been seeking her extradition since 2014 but the case had stalled for years as Leifer presented evidence her fragile mental health would be damaged by the stress of a trial.

She was arrested in February, after an undercover Israeli police investigation found she was fit to stand trial.

On Tuesday, Jerusalem's District Court received two reports signed off by Jerusalem's District Psychiatrist backing up that assessment.

Leifer's legal team told the court it would contest the reports when the case returns to the court for a hearing on 14 November.

Her lawyer, Yehuda Fried, has vowed to bring a series of experts before the court to testify about her mental state, including from Australia.

Leifer is wanted by Victoria Police on 74 charges of child sexual abuse, including indecent assault and rape.

In a separate case in an Israeli magistrates court, Leifer is facing possible criminal charges of obstruction of justice and lying to the court about her psychological condition.

She was excused from appearing before Jerusalem's District Court on Tuesday but has been ordered to front the court in November.

Sorry, this video has expired 'It's been an absolutely harrowing, intense process': Alleged victim of Malka Leifer speaks out

'We want her to face an Australian court'

Alleged victim Dassi Erlich was sitting with her sisters in Melbourne when the news broke.

"It's everything we've been fighting for in the last year and a half, some have been waiting ten years since she left Australia," Ms Erlich told the ABC.

"We want her to face an Australian court."

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Ms Dassi called on the Australian Government to keep pushing Israel.

"We want to see an actual extradition trial date set, for her to turn up, something that should have happened four years ago."

Ms Leifer is being held in a high security women's prison in Israel.