WASHINGTON—With Israel’s war against Gaza threatening to escalate—and potentially expand into Hezbollah’s area of southern Lebanon and Syria—a ceasefire resolution authored by Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., gained three more lawmakers’ support and backing from grassroots Jewish and non-Jewish peace advocates. Joining Bush and her original co-sponsors were Democratic Reps. Pramilla Jayapal (Wash.), the influential chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Gregorio Casar (Texas), and Barbara Lee (Calif.), the only lawmaker to vote against Republican President George W. Bush’s invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq more than 20 years ago. They join the initial supporters of House Resolution 786: Reps. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.), Bonnie Watson Coleman (N.J.), Jesús “Chuy” García (Ill.), Jonathan Jackson (Ill.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), and Nydia Velázquez (N.Y.). While the ranks of ceasefire advocates were growing on Capitol Hill, dissent was also bubbling up from other quarters in Washington. Josh Paul, the State Department official who signs off on U.S. arms transfers to foreign countries, resigned his post in protest Wednesday, saying “provision of lethal arms to Israel” does more harm than good. “We cannot be both against the occupation and for it,” he added. Meanwhile, news emerged of widespread disillusionment among staffers within the Biden administration who disagree with the president’s lockstep support of Netanyahu but feel too intimidated to speak out. In anonymous interviews with the media, a number of government employees said they fear losing their jobs if they raise any questions about Israel’s military actions in Gaza. Outside the halls of Congress and the White House, grassroots support for a ceasefire also continued to swell. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) endorsed Bush’s ceasefire resolution, as did the Working Families Party (WFP).