The essence of the neighborhood, in particular the geographical neighborhood of Spain and Morocco, is the fabric it forms in space and time. Fruitful personal, commercial, investment, cultural ties; of exchange in its broadest and most fertile sense. Also geopolitical tensions. Ties and knots. What we see these days on both sides of the strait is a dangerous spiral of invectives, threats and disqualifications that tighten the knots and weaken the ties.