Henry Wallace, Vice President of the United States in the years 1941-1945 and a world-renowned researcher in the field of agronomy, came on a tour of Israel for the purpose of research on the impact of agriculture on world peace. Wallace was the US Secretary of Agriculture for seven years, until he was chosen as President Roosevelt’s vice president. Due to the great interest aroused by his visit to Israel, many journalists accompanied him. The first agricultural site of his visit was Kibbutz Beit HaArava. At the end of his visit, Wallace said to the members of the kibbutz: “I see the seriousness of your enterprise, and I hope I can help you with my knowledge in the field of agriculture and economics. A new gospel will come to the world from the land of the Bible. There is no peace in the world without peace in the Land of Israel.” As a politician and a religious person, Wallace saw the Land of Israel as an integral part of the war between the Soviet bloc and the Western world and part of the solution to this situation.