  It has been suggested by Israel that the Kerr singularity cannot be strong in
the sense of Tipler, for it tends to cause repulsive effects. We show here
that, contrary to that suggestion, nearly all null geodesics reaching this
singularity do in fact terminate in Tipler's strong curvature singularity.
Implications of this result are discussed in the context of an earlier cosmic
censorship theorem which constraints the occurrence of Kerr-like naked
singularities in generic collapse situations.
