Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is pushing for the legalisation of 68 illegal outposts in the West Bank, Israeli media reported on Saturday, amid a surge in settler violence in the occupied Palestinian territory. The extremist politician, who is also a minister at the defence ministry, reportedly sent orders to several ministries instructing them to start preparing public services in these outposts after they are “legalised”, Israeli Channel 12 reported. The move would make it one of the most significant settlement expansions in decades. Outposts are makeshift encampments u…