@middleeastmonitor: Only Israel joins US to vote for continued embargo on Cuba US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller was asked in a press briefing ‘At what point are you guys going to realise that the entire world, with the exception of you and Israel, thinks that the embargo [on Cuba] is a really bad idea and should be stopped?’ This comes after the UN General Assembly once again almost unanimously passed a resolution calling for the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by Washington to come to an end. The motion passed with only Israel and the US voting against and Moldova abstaining.