Ein Sarid is a communal settlement established in 1950. It is located northeast of the Bnei Dror junction and falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Lev HaSharon Regional Council.
Name Origin: The name derives from the Arabic Ain Sirt, interpreted in Hebrew as Ein Sarid – meaning “Spring of the Remnant.”
The founding residents of Ein Sarid were immigrants from diverse diasporas. In its early years, the community faced many hardships and was, at times, the subject of public attention and media headlines.
The first settlers earned their livelihood primarily through agricultural labor in the citrus groves of Yakhin-Hakla’it and from temporary relief work. However, Ein Sarid was established as neither a moshav nor a traditional rural village, a fact that led to significant social and political unrest within the community.
Over time, a growing portion of the population demanded that Ein Sarid be annexed to a local municipal council, arguing that the settlement’s character was not agricultural and therefore did not naturally align with the regional council’s predominantly rural orientation.
This sense of alienation intensified over the years, accompanied by growing dissatisfaction over perceived municipal neglect and inequality in services. Despite this, the Lev HaSharon Regional Council opposed removing Ein Sarid from its jurisdiction.
An official proposal made by then - Minister Yossef Almogi to reconfigure the settlement and expand it to 300 families was ultimately rejected by the council. Their concern was that such expansion would transform Ein Sarid into a small town within an agricultural district, potentially altering the rural character of the region.