Cardinal Bechara Raï Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East said that the supports the implementation of the Arab Peace Initiative that was formulated in the 2002 Arab League Beirut Summit, and was the basis for the recent peace agreements between Arab countries and Israel. He made these remarks in an interview that aired on Al-Hurra TV (U.S.) on March 2, 2021. Cardinal Raï said that the Maronite Patriarchate supports peace over war, “wars are vile.” However, he lamented, in Lebanon it is Hizbullah, and not the Lebanese state, that calls the shots.