BERLIN (AFP)--- The Israeli ambassador to Germany called the rise of far-right organisations in Germany "worrying" and said Jews in the country "do not feel safe.", in an interview published Saturday

"Anti-Semitism, the number of neo-Nazis and the tendency towards violence have risen," Shimon Stein told the Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung, which published the interview in full on its website.

"The current trend is worrying and calls for a mobilisation of the whole
society," he said.

The governing coalition in Germany decided on Friday to increase the budget for fighting right wing extremism by 5.0 million euros next year.

Commenting on the the entry of far-right deputies into three regional
parliaments, the ambassador said "it is not a threat to democracy, but I think that it has gone beyond the stage of being a marginal phenomenon."

"I have the feeling that Jews in Germany do not feel safe. They are not always able to practice their religion freely," he said, particularly noting the strict security measures necessary at religious gatherings.

"The desire for normality remains frustrated" the ambassador added.