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Oh yes, I remember the UN and the EU gettng very upset about the walls/fences around those enclaves....silly me, I was thinking of that other fence.

Surrounded by parallel twenty-foot fences topped with barbed wire, Ceuta looks more like a jail than a city. "Every day, dozens of Guard ships and patrol boats check the coast, while 621 Guardia Civil’s officers and 548 police officers control the shore," explains the spokesperson of the Delegation of the Spanish Government in Ceuta. On September 29, 2005, the border-fence was assaulted by hundreds of migrants simultaneously, grabbing international media attention. Sprayed by Spanish and Moroccan gunfire, eighteen died and more than fifty were injured. Since then, migrants have been continuing to die in Ceuta, even if there are no international reports about it.

I am thinking of a word.....hmmm...yes,....hypocrisy, that's the one.

I didn’t know Spain kept small territories in N. Africa. They’ll be a flashpoint for years to come. The Islamists are still grieving over the Andalusian Tragedy in 1492. So it must gall them that Spain has any territory there.

The Spanish government and the press were appalled, not so much at the protest, but that it had taken place after King Juan Carlos himself had stepped in to try to calm tensions that had been boiling over for days. For many in Spain, the snub was yet another in a series of signs that the nation doesn't demand the respect it once did — and that its status as a global player is crumbling.

Spaniards, buy a clue! You surrendered to the Muslims after they bombed your train. You never fired a shot and gave up the war. The Muslims are coming to demand more from you.

Morroco doesn't stand a chance. The history is on Spain's side. Since the 10th century.

It is worth noting that Ceuta and Melilla are not Spanish territories,,/I. like Alaska and Hawaii were to the US at one point, but an integral part of the Spanish state, under the province of Cordoba.

It would be like Russia or Canada claiming Alaska, because it's an adjacent neighbor.

Ceuta and Melilla are centuries old excellent ports. Melilla has an international airport; Ceuta does not, but since 2006 has had daily helicopter service from the Spanish mainland, a ten minute flight.

This crisis involves the Morroccans providing vegetable and other perishable supplies to these cities, but the Morroccans have a lot more to lose by closing the border. Spanish produce and supplies can be shipped in from mainland Spain indefinitely.

Morrocco, like all muslim hellholes could create vibrant modern ports along its enormous coastline. But why invest blood sweat, and wealth when you can simply take it from the already civilized?

This time, though, Morocco is putting up a fight. The timing of the food blockade illustrates Rabat's intention to take advantage of a weakened Spain, analysts say. "Vultures swarm when they see weakness, and that is what's happening to Spain," says Vicente Palacios, sub-director of the Spanish Foreign Policy Observatory, a research center of a left-leaning think tank close to the government.

And islam has proven itself a first-class vulture for over 1200 years.
That culture (and yes it is homogeneous in terms of aggressiveness) will never "advance" in terms of civilized behavior. Negotiating with them is ultimately like negotiating with animals.

The umma has a very long and irrational memory...

Encouragingly, this statement acknowledging reality originated from a left-leaning think tank!