The Japanese government on Tuesday decided to freeze the assets of four Israeli settlers in the West Bank for violence against Palestinians, in the first such sanction of its kind by the country.The move comes amid a sharp rise in violence in the occupied West Bank since the Palestinian militant group Hamas carried out a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, Japan's top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi said."The problem is becoming serious," the chief Cabinet secretary told a press conference, pointing to violence and threatening actions committed by radicalized settlers against the Pa…READ FULL ARTICLE
