http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Yemen withdraws from a session of IPU protesting Israel’s Knesset address [The Source: al-motama.net/sabanews.et/hadhramaut.info - 09/042009] At the 120th Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU meeting in the Ethiopian capital, the Yemeni delegation headed by the speaker Yahya al-Rae has withdrawn from a session while an Israeli member of Knesset went to stage to deliver speech.The move was taken by the Yemeni delegation and other Arab and Islamic delegations as a protest for continuing the Israeli occupation of the Arab lands and its violence against the Palestinian people.It is worth mentioning that the Yemeni delegation continued its participation actively in other sessions of the meetingThe sessions discussed basic human rights, democracy, the proposed comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty and issues related to freedom of expression in various parts of the world as well as climate change and energy issuesThe 154-member states union was established in 1889. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland