Netanyahu willing to compromise

Washington - Israel must seek peace with the Palestinians, which will entail "painful compromises" that include the handover of biblical land dear to Jews, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.

"I am willing to make painful compromises to achieve this historical peace. As the leader of Israel, it is my responsibility," he said in an address to the US Congress.

"Now this is not easy for me. It's not easy, because I recognize that in a genuine peace we will be required to give up parts of the ancestral Jewish homeland," he said, referring to the occupied West Bank.