Fence and the wall and Israel's settlements in the Holy Quran

لَا يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ جَمِيعًا إِلَّا فِي قُرًى مُحَصَّنَةٍ أَوْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ جُدُرٍ ۚ بَأْسُهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ شَدِيدٌ ۚ تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَمِيعًا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتَّىٰ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

They fight not against you even together, except in fortified townships, or from behind walls. Their enmity among themselves is very great. You would think they were united, but their hearts are divided. That is because they are a people who understand not.( Quran 59 , 14)

فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُورٍ لَهُ بَابٌ بَاطِنُهُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَظَاهِرُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُ (13)

So a wall will be put up between them, with a gate therein. Inside it will be mercy, and outside it will be torment."(Quran 57 , 13)

Tafsir Ibn Kathir :

(11. Have you not observed the hypocrites who say to their disbelieving brethren among thePeople of the Scripture, "If you are expelled, we indeed will go out with you, and we shallnever obey anyone against you; and if you are attacked, we shall indeed help you.'' But Allah isWitness that they verily are liars.) (12. Surely, if they (the Jews) are expelled, never will they(hypocrites) go out with them; and if they are attacked, they will never help them. And (even)if they do help them, they (hypocrites) will turn their backs, and they will not be victorious.)(13. Verily, you are more fearful in their breasts than Allah. That is because they are a peoplewho comprehend not.) (14. They fight not against you even together, except in fortifiedtownships, or from behind walls. Their enmity among themselves is very great. You would thinkthey were united, but their hearts are divided. That is because they are a people whounderstand not.) (15. They are like their immediate predecessors; they tasted the evil result oftheir conduct, and for them a painful torment.) e(16. Like Shaytan, when he says to man:"Disbelieve.'' But when he disbelieves, Shaytan says: "I am free of you, I fear Allah, the Lord ofall that exists!'') (17. So, the end of both will be that they will be in the Fire, abiding therein.Such is the recompense of the wrongdoers.)The False Promise of Support the Hypocrites gave to the JewsAllah states that the hypocrites, `Abdullah bin Ubayy and his like, sent a messenger to Bani An-Nadir promising them help. Allah the Exalted said,

(Have you not observed the hypocrites who say to their friends among the People of theScripture who disbelieve: "If you are expelled, we indeed will go out with you, and we shallnever obey anyone against you; and if you are attacked, we shall indeed help you.'') Allah then said,

(But Allah is Witness that they verily are liars.) meaning, the hypocrites lied when they issuedthis promise, because it was just words that they did not intend to fulfill. Also, what they saidthey would do, would never have been fulfilled by them, and this is why Allah said,

(and if they are attacked, they will never help them.) meaning, the hypocrites will not fightalong with the Jews,

(And (even) if they do help them, ) and even if the hypocrites did fight along their side,

(they will turn their backs, and they will not be victorious.) This Ayah contains good news, justas the good news that this following Ayah conveys,

(Verily, you are more fearful in their breasts than Allah.) meaning, the hypocrites fear youmore than they fear Allah, as He says;

(Behold! a section of them fear men as they fear Allah or even more.)(4:77) This is why Allahsaid,

(That is because they are a people who comprehend not.) Allah then said,

(They fight not against you even together, except in fortified townships, or from behind walls.)meaning, they will not fight Muslims except from behind besieged fortified forts, because oftheir cowardice and fear of Muslims. They only fight when they have to defend themselves(even though they threaten Muslims of reprisals). Allah the Exalted said,

(Their enmity among themselves is very great.) meaning, the enmity they feel against eachother is intense,

(And make you to taste the violence of one another.)(6:65) Allah said in the Ayah,

(You would think they were united, but their hearts are divided.) meaning, even though onemight see them combining forces and think that these forces are harmonious, yet in reality,they are divided severely. Ibrahim An-Nakha`i said that this Ayah refers to the hypocrites andthe People of the Scriptures,

(That is because they are a people who understand not.) Allah said,

(They are like their immediate predecessors; they tasted the evil result of their conduct, andfor them a painful torment.) referring to the Jewish tribe of Bani Qaynuqa`, according to Ibn`Abbas, Qatadah and Muhammad bin Ishaq.The Parable of the Hypocrites and the Jews Allah said,

(Like Shaytan, when he says to man: "Disbelieve.'' But when (man) disbelieves, Shaytan says: "Iam free of you...'') meaning, the example of the Jews being deceived by the promises of thehypocrites, who said that they will help them if Muslims fight them, is that of the devil. Whenmatters got serious and the Jews were besieged, the hypocrites betrayed them and abandonedthem to taste utter defeat. Likewise, the devil lures mankind into disbelief and when they obeyhim, he disowns them and declares himself free of their actions, saying,

(I fear Allah, the Lord of all that exists!) Allah said,

(So, the end of both will be that they will be in the Fire, abiding therein.) meaning, the end ofboth he, Shaytan, who commanded that dis- belief be committed, and those who accep- ted hiscall, was in the fire of Hell forever,

(Such is the recompense of the wrongdoers. ) means, this is the recompense of every unjustperson.