Israel is reportedly launching an investigation into its illegal use of white phosphorus in civilian areas in Gaza. Well, I'm sure that will get to the bottom of it. Clearly, the best person to investigate a crime is the person accused of committing it. And if they conclude that there was no crime, that it was all entirely legal, and that any evidence to the contrary was planted by Palestinians and spread by anti-semites, we should just accept that and ignore their obvious self-interest in acquitting themselves of any wrongdoing. After all, its what we'd do if someone was accused of, say, murder...