* Child abuse and rape allegations surface against Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer in 2008

* The allegations stemmed from her time as principal of Melbourne's Ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel School

* In 2008 the Israeli-born Leifer left the school and returned to her birth country

* Leifer was charged with 74 counts of rape and child abuse in Victoria in 2011

* Australia filed an extradition request and Leifer was put under house arrest in 2014 to start an extradition process that still continues

* A mental health evaluation determined she was unfit to face a hearing in 2016

* She was again arrested in early 2018 after police found evidence that she had faked her mental incompetence

* Leifer was on Tuesday ruled mentally fit to face an extradition hearing to determine if she's extradited from Israel to Australia

* The Jerusalem District Court accepted a psychiatric panel's unanimous decision that deemed Leifer fit to face the hearing

* Leifer's defence is expected to appeal the court's decision, meaning the case would then move to the Jerusalem High Court

WHAT HAS BEEN SAID

* Prime Minister Scott Morrison

"This is some news we've been waiting for for some time and I want to commend all of those who have been campaigning strongly on this."

* Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews

"This is a very, very big development. A very important step in making sure that justice is done.

"We will all be careful I know in the way that we talk about these issues because now that this individual will be forced to come home and face justice, we don't want to undermine that."

* Former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu

"These are very, very strong girls and their commitment, their dedication is what's counted more than anything in this process."

* Federal MP Josh Burns

"Malka Leifer needs to face the 74 counts of child sex abuse in a Victorian court, and we will not rest until that happens."

* Victoria MP David Southwick

"This is a bipartisan move today, this is us coming together no matter what side of the political divide."

* Blue Knot Foundation Dr Cathy Kezelman AM

"Malka Leifer, whisked away to the other side of the world, was seemingly protected within her closed ultra-Orthodox community, and the powers that be.

"Her frequently-claimed mental illness, now shown to starkly contrast to her recorded normal daily life, is a devastating contrast to that of her victims."

Australian Associated Press