Spike of nearly 8,000 mainly due to inclusion of members of far-right Alternative for Germany party; number of far-left and Islamic extremists each up by some 1,500

Non-binding motion proposed by ruling parties says unilateral move would 'jeopardize Israel’s identity as a Jewish and democratic state'; far-right AfD signals tacit support

Regional leader of Alternative for Germany, Andreas Kalbitz, retains rights in political faction after its national leadership voted him out due to undisclosed ties to extremists

Brandenburg official says 'important factual indications' indicate party branch in the state is 'striving against the free democratic order'

Alternative for Germany's Alexander Gauland says end of conflict marked a 'loss of the possibility to shape things' and should not be made a holiday

AfD member Joachim Kuh using quote from PM's son calling for death of EU and return of a 'Christian' Europe, together with a picture of him, in propaganda post

Christian Lueth, longtime AfD spokesperson, reportedly made comments in an online chat with a woman who is not an party member

AfD accused of stoking the kind of anti-migrant sentiment that led to shooting of 9 people in Hanau; senior official refuses to distance himself from faction suspected of extremism

Parade floats in Cologne, Duesseldorf, Mainz feature commentary on hatred, days after German man killed 9 people of foreign background before apparently killing his mother, himself

After shooting rampage targeting immigrants and last year's anti-Semitic Yom Kippur attack, government is under pressure to act but is struggling to find answers