The Torah in Parashat Re’eh (Debarim 12:2) commands, “Abed Te’abedun Et Kol Ha’mekomot Asher Abedu Sham Ha’goyim” – obligating us to destroy all objects of foreign worship, as well as anything used to serve a foreign deity. G-d wants to keep us distant from foreign worship, and therefore, He commanded that we eradicate it. This Misva is binding upon both men and women. It applies in all times when we have the power and authority to destroy articles of foreign worship. Nowadays, of course, we do not have this ability, and so this obligation does not apply as a practical matter in our times. It applies in all places, but in Eretz Yisrael, there is an additional obligation to not only destroy objects of Aboda Zara (foreign worship) that we are aware of, but also search for such articles in order to cleanse the Holy Land of the impurity of idolatry. Somebody who had the opportunity to destroy an object of Aboda Zara but failed to do so has violated this affirmative command.