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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (L) presents French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour the Raoul Wallenberg medal at the presidential compound in Jerusalem in recognition of his family's efforts to Watch Ako Tambayan Latest Video protect Jews and others persecuted during World War II

French Armenian singing legend Charles Aznavour was honoured in Israel on Thursday for his family's efforts to protect Jews and others persecuted by the Watch Ako Tambayan Latest Video Nazis during World War II.

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Rivlin presented him with The Raoul Wallenberg Award, named for the Swedish diplomat who helped thousands of Watch Ako Tambayan Latest Video Jews flee Nazi-controlled Hungary during World War II.

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Aznavour, who was born in Paris, spoke of his Armenian origins on Thursday, referring to the mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire and the Watch Ako Tambayan Latest Video Holocaust.

His parents fled to France to escape the massacres that more than 20 countries have recognised as a Watch Ako Tambayan Latest Video "genocide", s charge strongly denied by Turkey.

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