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The Snare Within: Idolatry in Our Land and the Consequences We Refuse to See

by Ram ben Ze'ev



The Snare Within: Idolatry in Our Land and the Consequences We Refuse to See
The Snare Within: Idolatry in Our Land and the Consequences We Refuse to See

Israel stands today at a crossroads not defined by borders or politics, but by spiritual clarity. We face enemies on every side, and yet the greatest danger is not external. It is the one we have permitted—welcomed, even—within our own gates. We are commanded by G-D with absolute precision. In שמות (Shemot) 23:33 the Torah states:


לא ישבו בארצך פן יחטיאו אתך לי כי תעבד את אלהיהם כי יהיה לך למוקש


"They shall not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me; for you will serve their gods—and it will prove a snare to you."


This is not poetry. It is law. It is warning. It is prophecy. And it is reality.



Israel today is overflowing with every form of עבודה זרה (avodah zarah – foreign worship). The so-called Bahai faith maintains its manicured shrines, in Haifa, under full state protection. Numerous churches, mosques, monasteries, temples, cult centres, and even satanic circles operate freely in the land that belongs to the One G-D alone. We have normalised idolatry under the banners of tolerance, multiculturalism, diplomacy, and progress. We have forgotten that progress without Torah is regression, and tolerance without boundaries is abandonment of responsibility.


Israel did not arrive at this condition suddenly. Long before the modern state was founded, foreign worship was permitted as if the Torah were a suggestion rather than a covenant. We allowed what G-D forbade. We protected what the Torah demands we remove. We built a land for all faiths, and then cried out in disbelief when those faiths turned against us. But the Torah already told us what would happen: כי יהיה לך למוקש — “for it will prove a snare to you.” A nation cannot violate a direct command of G-D and expect security, blessing, and protection to flow uninterrupted. A covenant is not a political theory; it is a spiritual reality.


Every time tragedy strikes, we blame the United Nations, Europe, terrorism, militias, governments, weak leaders, or foreign influences. We analyse intelligence failures and military miscalculations. We protest, we write reports, we replace governments, we assign blame. We look everywhere except where the Torah tells us to look: inward. When the borders are breached, when the enemy rises, when the land trembles, the first question must be, What have we done to weaken our covenant? Not “Why does the world hate us?” but “Why have we allowed the very practices that G-D calls an abomination to flourish in His land?”



Multiculturalism is not a virtue when it contradicts Torah. It is not compassion to welcome idolatry; it is dereliction of mitzvah. Negative Mitzvah 51 does not come with footnotes, diplomatic exceptions, or clauses for global public opinion. The Torah does not shift its position because governments change, or because we fear offending those who deny the unity of G-D. We are the guardians of His land. We are the stewards of His command.


When we see our enemies gain the upper hand, when protection weakens, when miracles appear less forthcoming, we must ask ourselves whether we have created the very conditions the Torah warned would ensnare us. As long as idolatry stands proudly and legally within our borders, the spiritual foundation of our nation remains compromised. Not because we are unloved by G-D, but because He takes His covenant seriously—and expects us to do the same.


The question now is not political but existential: Will we continue to pretend that the presence of foreign worship in the land has no consequence? Or will we finally recognise that national security begins with national holiness, and that no amount of weapons or alliances can compensate for violating the word of G-D?


The future of Israel depends on understanding this simple truth: We cannot ask for divine protection while upholding the very things G-D has forbidden. Either we remove the snare, or we fall into it. The choice has always been ours.




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