Soros got his seed money from the Rothschilds.
Palistine was given by the British to Rothschild in the Balfour Declaration.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1917
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,964280,00.html
In 1969 Soros started the fund that became Quantum with only $250,000. Members of the Rothschild family and other rich Europeans soon kicked in an additional $6 million. Since then the fund has grown mostly through reinvested profits.