Israel Pliner (Russian: Израиль Израилевич Плинер, Izrail Izrailevich Pliner; 22 January 1896 – 14 November 1938) was a Soviet officer and high functionary of the Soviet secret police.

[1][2] Pliner was born in the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire.

[3] He joined the Red Army in 1919 and the Russian Communist Party (b) in 1922.

Pilner was one of the main collaborators of Nikolai Yezhov, head of the NKVD in the years 1936–1938, and collaborator of other organizers of the Great Purge.

He was arrested on charges of counter-revolutionary activities in 1938 and executed in 1939[3][4] at the NKVD's Kommunarka shooting ground.