--- description: Israel ignores UN call for a ceasefire, Citigroup pays out $7B, legal pot smokers can still be fired, and LeBron films a World Cup Streaker. title: No Ceasefire: Israel Ignores UN image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta81187842c2f939e/69869b95e53aba8c0a4d38e6/israeli-gaza-border.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [The Brief](/tag/the-brief/) ## The Brief Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # UN Call for Ceasefire in Israel Goes Unheeded by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 14, 2014 3:29 PM CUT  Israeli artillery smoke can be seen on July 14, 2014 at the Israeli-Gaza border. Israeli artillery smoke can be seen on July 14, 2014 at the Israeli-Gaza border.Ilia Yefimovich—Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 14, 2014 3:29 PM CUT Here are the stories TIME is watching this Monday, July 14. [Israel warns Palestinians](http://time.com/2979328/israel-north-gaza-evacuation/ "undefined") of impending attacks, but ignores the UN’s call for a ceasefire and continues to launch airstrikes against Hamas in Gaza — as rocket fire at Israel goes on almost unabated. [Citigroup](http://time.com/2981322/citi-subprime-mortages-settlement/ "undefined") settled with the Department of Justice for $7 billion over subprime mortgage deals that helped create the 2008 financial crisis. Colorado and Washington may have legalized weed, but employers are still able to [fire employees](http://time.com/2979881/marijuana-pot-legalization-colorado-washington/ "undefined") who light up in their spare time. And finally, LeBron James made news twice in one weekend. After committing to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the basketball megastar filmed a streaker at the World Cup final and posted it to Instagram. The Brief is published daily on weekdays. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2981515/ceasefire-israel-citigroup-pot-streaking/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2981515/ceasefire-israel-citigroup-pot-streaking/"},"headline":"UN Call for Ceasefire in Israel Goes Unheeded","datePublished":"2014-07-14T15:29:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:07:45.792Z","description":"Welcome to #theBrief, the four stories to know about right now—from the editors of TIME","url":"https://time.com/2981515/ceasefire-israel-citigroup-pot-streaking/","keywords":["The Brief"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta81187842c2f939e/69869b95e53aba8c0a4d38e6/israeli-gaza-border.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta81187842c2f939e/69869b95e53aba8c0a4d38e6/israeli-gaza-border.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Israeli artillery smoke can be seen on July 14, 2014 at the Israeli-Gaza border.","caption":"Israeli artillery smoke can be seen on July 14, 2014 at the Israeli-Gaza border.","creditText":"Ilia Yefimovich—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-brief/","name":"The Brief"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2981515/ceasefire-israel-citigroup-pot-streaking/","name":"UN Call for Ceasefire in Israel Goes Unheeded"}}]}] ```