Tal Committee
The Tal Committee was an Israeli public committee appointed on 22 August 1999 which dealt with the issue of Haredi conscription in Israel, where Haredi Jews had special exemption from mandatory military service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which had been the status quo since independence, as well as extending mandatory military service to Israeli-Arabs. The committee was appointed by Prime Minister Ehud Barak and was initially headed by former Supreme Court Justice Tzvi Tal.