By CHARLES LEVINSON And JAY SOLOMON JERUSALEM—Israel's government is struggling to respond to mounting calls for an international investigation into last week's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone on Saturday evening, said a senior Israeli official. During the call, Mr. Ban proposed an international commission to include Israeli, Turkish and American participants, and headed by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, Israeli officials said. The U.N. declined to comment on Sunday. European Pressphoto Agency Prime Minister Netanyahu, right, arrives at his Jerusalem offices on...
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