Israel should investigate war crimes allegations

Alan Baker, former Forein Ministry legal adviser got it right:'Israel should preempt war crime charges'. If Israel undertakes a serious investigation, the results will likely not be challenged by the international courts:  

Baker said Israel should investigate the most recent allegations by Physicians for Human Rights, including that Israel "impeded emergency medical evacuation of the sick and wounded" during the Gaza operation...

Baker said that Israel's legal system was widely respected abroad, and that its say on the matter would be respected overseas.

He said, for instance, that the International Criminal Court in The Hague only gets involved in war-crimes cases if the feeling is that the country allegedly responsible was not looking into the matter on its own.

If it appears that Israel is not investigating, other countries and international bodies may feel the need to get involved, he said.