Cod Wars Iceland's unilateral extension of its fishery limits from . Unlike in the Cod Wars, the Royal Navy was never sent into Icelandic waters. The British trawling industry, however, implemented costly sanctions on Iceland by imposing a landing ban on Icelandic fish in British ports. The landing ban was a major blow to the Icelandic fishing industry (the UK was Iceland's largest export market for fish) and caused consternation among Icelandic statesmen. The two sides decided to refer one part of the Icelandic extension to the ICJ in early 1953: the controversial Faxa Bay delimitation. Cold War politics proved favourable for
The War Between the Wars The War Between the Wars The War Between the Wars (Hebrew: המערכה בין המלחמות or מב"ם lit. the military campaign between wars) refers to the targeted covert inter-war campaign waged by the State of Israel with the purpose of postponing the next confrontation. This is done through the IDF and the Israeli Intelligence Community, by preventing Israel's enemies from developing capabilities that will enable them to violate Israel's balance of deterrence vis-a-vis its enemies and change the regional balance of power, through detecting and selectively destroying emerging threats to Israel's security. Among the activities attributed to Israel: the assassination of