The Simon Wiesenthal Center awarded former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley with its highest honor – the Humanitarian Laureate Award – at its Midwest Region’s 2019 Spirit of Courage Benefit dinner in Chicago on Thursday.

The award was granted to her by Rabbi Marvin Hier for her “courage and compassion in protecting global human rights and the State of Israel,” the Wiesenthal Center wrote in a press release.

“Nikki Haley personifies the legacy of Simon Wiesenthal, who reminded the world that freedom is not a gift from heaven, rather, it is something that we must fight for each and every day,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Weisenthal Center.

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