[Ynet News] Orly Azoulay - Long days of uncertainty had elapsed with a diplomatic incident looming in the background until I finally received authorization to be the only Israeli journalist present at the Arab summit in Riyadh. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called my presence on his flight his first "diplomatic achievement." Last Sunday, the secretary general had called the Saudi Foreign Minister, Saud al-Faisal, to ask him to grant me a permit as part of his delegation.
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