Who funds the genocide in Gaza, and who profits?

In this episode, we turn our attention to the genocide in Gaza, where weapons supplied by the United States and Europe are enabling mass killing. As a warning, today’s episode discusses profound personal losses. We’re going to hear the story of Ahmed Alnaouq’s family – and of the weapons that killed them. It’s a story driven by government corruption, corporate greed, and Bridget's own tax dollars. This conversation was recorded on July 21st, 2026.

This episode continues our conversations inspired by the soon-to-be-published book, Making a Killing: How the West Profits from Slaughter in Gaza and Yemen, by Ruth Rohde, Jack Cinamon, and Andrew Feinstein.

Andrew Feinstein is the Executive Director of Shadow World Investigations. Originally from South Africa, he was a member of the African National Congress (ANC), which was voted into Parliament in the country’s first post-apartheid election. He served on several oversight Committees, but eventually resigned from his position in protest of the ANC and government’s refusal to allow a full investigation into massive corruption in a $10 billion arms deal. Andrew is the author of several books on the arms trade including The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade. You can follow Andrew on X at @andrewfeinstein and Instagram at @andrewfeinstein.

Ahmed Alnaouq is co-founder of We Are Not Numbers, an organization that shares stories of the next generation of Palestinian writers and leaders. Some of those stories are collected in We Are Not Numbers, a book he co-edited. Ahmed is also the host of Palestinian Deep Dive, a video podcast. He grew up in Gaza, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from al-Azher University. He later won the UK’s prestigious Chevening scholarship and earned a master’s degree in international journalism from Leeds University Ahmed is currently based in London. You can follow Ahmed on Instagram at @ahmed_alnaouq, Palestine Deep Dive at @palestinedeepdive, and We Are Not Numbers at @we_are_not_numbers. He is also on X at @AlnaouqA

Pre-Order the Book: Making a Killing: How the West Profits from Slaughter in Gaza and Yemen (out Nov 24, 2026)

References:

Suffering by Design: The Human Cost of Repeated Displacement in GazaUNOSAT Gaza Strip Comprehensive Damage AssessmentHealth system at breaking point as hostilities further intensify in Gaza, WHO warnsIsraeli attacks on educational, religious and cultural sites in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amount to war crimes and the