Pro-Israel leaders encouraged by Brian Hook’s role on State Department transition team

"As questions emerge about how President-elect Donald Trump will handle the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East during a second term, some pro-Israel foreign policy voices say they have been reassured by recent news reports that Brian Hook, a special envoy for Iran in the first Trump administration, is expected to lead the transition team at the State Department... Even as the geopolitical situation has changed since Trump was in office — with a widening regional war that has included attacks between Israel and Iran — it still “presents opportunities to further enhance the maximum pressure strategy,” Jason Brodsky, the policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran, told JI.  “Europe,” he added, “may be more willing to take steps to pressure Iran than during the first Trump administration.”"