Cod Wars Cod Wars The Cod Wars (, "the cod wars", or "Landhelgisstríðin", "the wars for the territorial waters") were a series of confrontations between the United Kingdom and Iceland on fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each of the disputes ended with an Icelandic victory. The Third Cod War concluded in 1976, with a highly favourable agreement for Iceland; the United Kingdom conceded to a Icelandic exclusive fishery zone after threats that Iceland would withdraw from NATO, which would have forfeited NATO's access to most of the GIUK gap, a critical anti-submarine warfare during the Cold War. As a result, British
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