JERUSALEM, June 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to stand questions openly at a special parliamentary session Tuesday for the first time on "corruption cases and their effects on the public."

    Sharon has undergone several investigations into claims of corruption.

    Ahead of a special address by Sharon on governmental corruption to the Knesset (parliament) plenum, Zahava Gal-On, member of the Knesset, used the proverb "the fish stinks from the head" to describe the current state of Israel's political establishment.

    Gal-On signed on 40 Knesset members to a request for a special Knesset meeting to discuss the issue. By law, Sharon must be present at the meeting and answer any questions raised.

    The leader of the Likud anti-disengagement rebels, Uzi Landau, also accusing Sharon of heading the list of corrupt politicians.

    "In order to uproot political corruption we must target its source, which lies in the prime minister's bureau," said Landau.

    Meanwhile, the Likud rebels and disengagement opponents also gotvengeance against Sharon in the Knesset on Tuesday, when the opposition won a symbolic victory in three no-confidence motions.

    A regular majority was mustered in all three votes, with the worst result of 37-34 in a motion on rising violence.

    Since 61 votes must support a no-confidence motion for it to topple the government, the motions all failed.

    However, the small number of supporters for Sharon signaled the reality of his shattered parliamentary power base on all issues other than disengagement.

    After the motions, Eli Yishai , leader of an ultra-orthodox party Shas, said if the government can't even muster a regular majority on an issue of life and death, it has "no right to exist."Enditem