They're staying away from Bibi's speech because they hate Israel

The Freedom-Haters in Congress didn't just look at this development in isolation and conclude that it was an inadvisable foreign-polciy move for the legislative branch.  No, it's of a piece with their general modus operandi:

It’s instructive to compare the list of boycotters to the 54 members of Congress who signed a letter calling for an end to Israel’s blockade of Hamas in Gaza.

Of the 25 current boycotters, Earl Blumenauer, Raúl Grijalva, Keith Ellison, Peter DeFazio, Betty McCollum, Jim McDermott, Barbara Lee and John Yarmuth had also signed the Hamas letter in 2010.

Considering how much the makeup of the House has changed then and not in the favor of the Democrats, the overlap is quite significant. A number of these are also among the top recipients of CAIR cash in Congress.

Their boycott isn’t some new response to something Netanyahu did. They’re longtime opponents of Israel.

Actively working to bring down our civilization.  And sitting in our federal law-making body.