Plesner Committee

The Plesner Committee (Hebrew: ועדת פלסנר), also known as the Commission for Equality in the Burden (Hebrew: הוועדה לקידום השוויון בנטל), was a committee established by the Government of Israel to formulate recommendations on the recruitment of Israelis to the Israeli Defense Forces, in particular the recruitment of Haredim and Arabs.

The committee was established prior to the anticipated expiration of Tal Law which exempted yeshiva students from mandatory military service in the IDF.

The Tal Law set the conditions for the exemption of yeshiva students from military service.

The committee began deliberations on 21 May 2012, and the Prime Minister asked them to report by the end of July 2012.

Plesner stated that he wrote the report himself, and some members of the committee, including Yedidia Stern, ostracized it.