Jakarta, Sept. 9 -- Indonesia's National Alms Agency (Baznas) will provide master's degree scholarships to 200 Palestinian students to study at universities across Indonesia through the Palestinian Scholar Scholarship Program.

Baznas Deputy Chairman for Distribution, Utilization, and Empowerment, Idy Muzayyad, said the initiative was an alternative way to channel assistance from Indonesians to Palestinians, as direct aid distribution remains difficult due to the unstable situation in Palestine.

"We took the initiative to change the aid scheme by providing scholarships for Palestinian students who have completed their bachelor's degrees to pursue master's studies in Indonesia," Muzayyad said in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Muzayyad said a stud...