A Dutch conservative-liberal politician and critic of islam, Wilders was a member of the Conservative-Liberal party, the VVD, and was elected in Parliament for that party. In 2004 he decided to split-off of the VVD and to found his own party, cause of the too liberal course of the VVD. In 2006 his new party PVV was elected into Parliament with 6% of the votes. On 27 march 2008 he released his short film Fitna on liveleak. Critics called it a cut-and-paste job from other anti-islam movies. Wilders is a staunch supporter of Israel. He has visited Israel 40 times, and even married an Israeli wife, whom he later divorced. He claims to have met Ariel Sharon and Emut Barack.