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The [[1922 census of Palestine]] showed that ''Tub'un'' had 151 inhabitants, all Muslim.<ref>Barron, 1923, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n35/mode/1up 33]</ref>

The area was acquired by the Jewish community as part of the [[Sursock Purchase]]. In 1925 a Zionist organisation purchased 30 feddans in Kiskis (present [[Alonim]]) and TabonTabaun (present Kiryat Tiv'on) from the [[Sursock family|Sursuk family]] of [[Beirut]]. At the time, there were 36 families living there.<ref>according to [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/ShawSursockTable.png List of villages sold by Sursocks and their partners to the Zionists since British occupation of Palestine], evidence to the [[Shaw Commission]], 1930</ref> In the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]] ''Tabun'' had a population of 239, still all Muslim, in a total of 48 houses.<ref>Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 96]</ref> From 1931-1935, anda lastingsignificant severalland years,controversy thearose Jewishfrom Agencycompeting struggledclaims to evictby the Jewish Agency and [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] [[tenantTenant farmer|tenant farmers]]s fromover Tabaunthe land, fromculminating thein landa whichviolent wasclash tobetween becomelocal Bedouins and Jewish watchmen in Tivon1935.<ref>Avneri, 1984, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8Teb4dKHQcoC&pg=PA156 156-7]</ref>

In the [[Village Statistics, 1945|1945 statistics]], ''al Tivon'' (Alonim) (previously ''Qusqus Taboun'') had 370 Muslim and 320 Jewish inhabitants, with a total land area of 5,823 [[dunam]]s.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p15.jpg 15]</ref><ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Haifa/Page-049.jpg 49]</ref> Of this, 141 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 2,038 for [[cereal]]s,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Haifa/Page-092.jpg 92]</ref> while 3,644 dunams were classified as non-cultivable land.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Haifa/Page-142.jpg 142]</ref>