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Greece’s main opposition party has voiced outrage after Israeli forces arrested the bodyguard of the Greek general consular of Jerusalem on Saturday. The Syriza party said it had demanded an explanation from the foreign ministry over the “unprecedented incident”, which took place outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as Orthodox Christians marked Easter. “SYRIZA requests the immediate provision of clarifications from the foreign ministry regarding the unprecedented incident of the arrest of a member of the guard of the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem by the Israeli forces at the Churc…