Peki'in riot

Last night there was a riot in the Galilee village of Peki'in (no nothing to do with China). This is a famous village because it is one of the few places where continuous Jewish settlement could be traced through the ages from ancient times until the founding of the State. Unfortunately the last Jewish family died out recently.
It is mainly a Druse village, and the riot was over the setting up of a cellular phone aerial in the village. A group of young men smashed the aerial and burnt it down. Police were called in, but they were met with violence. So in the middle of the night, around 3 am, 200 police descended on the village and opened fire with live ammunition on the rioters. Miraculously noone was killed, but there were several injuries.
Today there are recriminations about this incident. The question is why was such a large force sent into such a small and generally friendly village over such a trivial cause. In 2000, when the Arabs in Israel rioted in support of the Palestinians, and the Police were called in, they were generally unprepared and outnumbered. They opened fire then against very threatening crowds and 13 Arabs were killed. There was a large scale investigation into these incidents and many changes were supposedly made.
But, this time the rioting was over the health effects of the cellular antenna, not over an anti-Israel political event. Also, the police knew what had happened, where and why. So they seem to have grossly over-reacted. The Druse are generally pro-Israel and many fight in the IDF and are loyal citizens.
Also, there have been several mini-riots in Jewish towns in Israel over the cellular antennas, requiring the police to be called, but in no case would they have come in the middle of the night and/or used live ammunition!
There is a lot of ignorance and fear over the effects of these antennas, most of it unjustified (the actual power on the ground is minute). But, this is not the way to deal with such disturbances!