Heh: Plesner himself proposed deferring Haredi army service to age 26

In what is perhaps the best indication yet of the extent to which the battle over 'sharing the burden' is a populist gimmick, Channel 10 revealed over the weekend that MK Yochanan Plesner (Kadima), who is now leading the charge to draft all Haredim at age 18, proposed in May that Haredim be able to defer army service until age 26. Likud officials said yesterday they believed that they could get