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Donald Trump's upcoming second presidency could spell bad news for both Iran and Palestine, new reports his policy towards the two countries suggest.

Members of Trump's transition team are drawing up plans for a new campaign against Iran over its nuclear programme, dubbed "maximum pressure 2.0".

Two sets of plans are currently being drawn up, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), both of which would involve US military pressure.

The first option would combine sanctions with a regional military buildup and the sale of advanced weapons to Israel, alongside threats of the use of military force to bring Iran to enter diplomatic talks.

The second option, however, would see the use of military force alongside US sanctions to achieve a resolution.

During Trump's first presidency, he also instituted a "maximum pressure campaign" against Iran, using sanctions to cripple its economy.

In January 2020, Trump also ordered the killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander Qassem Soleimani.

The WSJ added that Trump has been in communication with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, telling him that he was concerned about Iranian nuclear proliferation.

Sources told the WSJ that the US could give support to or even take part in Israeli airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.

Netanyahu has previously said that Trump and him see "eye to eye" on the issue, with the US president-elect telling Time Magazine in an interview published on Thursday that "anything can happen" when asked if the US could go to war with Iran.

In the interview, Trump also alluded to other foreign policy issues, including a two-state-solution as a path to peace between Israel and Palestine.

When asked about support for a two-state solution Trump said "I support whatever solution we can do to get peace."

"There are other ideas other than two state, but I support whatever, whatever is necessary to get not just peace, a lasting peace," he added.

Asked if that meant supporting an annexation of parts of the Israeli occupied West Bank, which has been stated as a goal by Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and previously touted by Netanyahu, Trump said "I will – what I'm doing and what I'm saying again, I'll say it again, I want a long lasting peace."

"You can do it two state, but there are numerous ways you can do it."

During Trump's first presidency the US brokered normalisation deals between Israel and four Arab states - the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan, known as the Abraham Accords.

Under Joe Biden, the US had been attempting to extend the normalisation and broker an accord between Saudi Arabia and Israel, but this was stopped by the outbreak of the Gaza war, which has seen Israel utterly devastate the enclave and kill at least 44,874 people.