In response to the escalation of violence in the West Bank amid the Israeli war on Gaza, many countries have started imposing sanctions on settlers, with Japan being the latest.

Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday that “Japan is making arrangements to impose its first sanctions to freeze the assets of Israeli settlers due to violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.” The broadcaster did not specify the number of settlers facing sanctions.

The United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada have imposed sanctions on some Israeli settlers in response to the escalation of violence in the West Bank.

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In February, the United States imposed sanctions on several Israeli settlers accused of violence against Palestinians, calling the level of such violence “intolerable,” according to U.S. President Joe Biden.

These sanctions against Israeli citizens were very rare from the American administration, at a time when the war between Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip was intensifying.

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In April, the United States, along with the European Union, re-imposed sanctions on entities and two “extremist” Israeli groups due to violence against Palestinians.