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On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia joined the list of Arab countries who were unwilling to cut off money to Hamas, the radical Islamic faction that won last month's Palestinian elections, as the United States has requested. Khaled Meshal, the top political leader of Hamas, has been on a tour of Arab states this month, in search of aid to replace the money the Palestinian government will lose if the United States and Europe cut off support. One senior administration official noted that Hamas would have to raise $100 million to $120 million a month. Saudi Arabia on Wednesday joined the list of Arab countries which says that they were unwilling to cut off money to Hamas, as the United States has requested. Whereas, On Tuesday, Egypt rejected calls to withhold aid from Hamas. Many countries, senior Bush administration officials said that they are still trying to decide how to react to Hamas's victory. One of the senior administration official noted that Hamas would have to raise $100 million to $120 million a month.