This paper addresses the role of Bertha Spafford Vester (1878-1968) of the American Colony in Jerusalem in opposing the establishment of a Zionist state. It is part of a broader study of the American Colony which, for more than a century, has been central to Jerusalem life. The Spaffords' post millennialist theology was not messianic and the Colony befriended and engaged in considerable philanthropic works for Muslims, Jews and Christians alike. For this reason as well as its geographic location on the 1948 armistice line the hotel is known for its diplomatic neutrality. However, this research into the activities and thoughts of Vester brings new light to the Colony's political profile in demonstrating her vocal opposition as a prominent member of Jerusalem society to the Zionist cause. The evidence for this is provided in the newly accessible archives of the American Colony Hotel whch contain materials from 1857 onwards including correspondence and diaries, scrap books and photographs of the Spafford family and other American Colony members. Vester's international correspondence, newspaper clippings and personal notes demonstrate her strong opposition to a Zionist state. In June 1948 she went to the US to visit American politicians on behalf of the Arab case. She obtained letters from the commandant of the Arab Legion in Jerusalem, Major Abdullah Tell, and from the Greek Orthodox and Armenian patriarchs. Ahamd Hilmi Pasha, a member of Amin Husseini's Arab Higher Committee also wrote a letter to King Abdullah supporting her mission. In the U.S. Vester tried, but was unsuccessful at meeting with President Harry Truman to give him a personal letter from King Abdullah. In spite of her determination to fight Zionism, Vester strived to maintain the neutrality of the Colony, offering the Red Cross its dining room in April 1948 for use as a hospital for treating those wounded in battle from either side and attempting, although failing to stop a Palestinian attack from the grounds of the Colony April 13, 1948 in which 75 Jews were killed. Yet for Vester, the creation of Israel was a huge disappointment as she had dreamt of a democratic Palestine. When in 1951 she transformed the Colony into a grand hotel she made it clear that due to the enmity between Arabs and Jews she would accept no Jewish investors.