The September 13 anniversary of the accord, symbolised by the handshake between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, will not be celebrated by most Israelis or Palestinians, many of whom see the process as unfulfilled or flawed from the very start.
But for those who regard an Israeli and Palestinian state existing side-by-side as the only viable solution, salvaging the peace process and the achievements of the Oslo accords -- a second followed in -- is more urgent than ever.
Omari, who served as an adviser to Palestinian negotiators in later talks, has no illusions about the current state of the peace process. His view is widely shared, with Omari and others pointing to what they see as Israel's drift to the political right, a weakened Palestinian leadership and US President Donald Trump's moves.
Trump has pledged to reach the "ultimate deal" -- Israeli-Palestinian peace -- but has declined to commit to a two-state solution, for years the focus of international diplomacy. He has also sided with Israel on core issues in the conflict, such as recognising the disputed city of Jerusalem as its capital, while publicly asking for no concessions in return.
Those moves have delighted Israeli right-wing politicians who oppose a Palestinian state and argue that the Oslo accords only lead to another Palestinian intifada and more violence. But the Palestinians, who have cut off contact with Trump's White House, say Israel failed to abide by the accords -- notably by allowing hundreds of thousands more settlers in the West Bank, which it has occupied since Their leadership, however, remains deeply divided between year-old president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party and the Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip and refuses to recognise Israel.
