21.   When they speak or write as citizens, they should be free from institutional censorship or discipline, but their special position in the community imposes special obligations.

22.   Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestinian Authority, has accepted the American proposal, which would also impose concrete obligations on the Palestinians to fight terrorism.

23.   While the measure received majority approval, two commissioners challenged whether the agency had the statutory authority to impose the obligations on broadcasters and others.

24.   The opposition maintained that imposing an obligation on a parliament that has not yet been elected was against the law in a suit filed to the constitutional court.