An Israeli judge barred lawyers for a business magnate, who was arrested last week on suspicion of ordering the murders of two rival publishers, from meeting with him until Thursday. Police are investigating whether the attorneys obstructed justice in order to help Ofer Nimrodi, the former publisher of the Ma’ariv newspaper.
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