Located in the Lower Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council.

[4] In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Kuskus as an adobe village in the oak-woods on high ground.

[5] From 1931, and lasting several years, the Jewish Agency struggled to evict the tenant farmers from Qusqus, from the land which was to become Alonim.

By 1945, al Tivon (Alonim) (previously Qusqus Taboun) had 370 Muslim and 320 Jewish inhabitants, with a total land area of 5,823 dunams.

The Israel National Arabian Horse Show is an annual event held at Kibbutz Alonim.