Jermaine Jackson backtracks on letter challenging Michael Jackson’s will, hopes to end feud among King of Pop’s family members

Jermaine Jackson is waving his glittering white flag.

Michael Jackson's older brother - a key player in last week's bizarre Jackson family feud - has disavowed his signature on a letter challenging the King of Pop's estate executors.

"After much soul-searching, it is clearly time for us to live by Michael's words about love not war," he said in an "olive branch" posted to his Twitter account Wednesday.

"I rescind my signature from the letter which was sent to the Estate, and which should never have gone public," he said.

Jermaine, 57, said he still holds "deep reservations" about many issues involving his late brother's lucrative estate but will only pursue them in "private dialogue, not public conflict" going forward.

He said his primary concern remains his mother.

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From l. to r., Prince Michael "Blanket" Jackson, Paris Jackson and Prince Jackson

"No one on the outside has a clue about the stresses and pressures she has been under long before recent events and I, like everyone in the family, adore the ground she walks on," he tweeted.

"We are also still raw from the loss of Michael three years ago. The ever-present grief has haunted me with questions about whether we stepped off him too much or whether we did enough to help when a corporate world surrounded him. So when it comes to the well-being of loved ones, and especially our mother, we are perhaps understandably and unapologetically over-protective," he said.

Jermaine along with siblings Randy, Janet and Rebbie whisked beloved matriarch Katherine Jackson away to a secluded Arizona spa last month and subsequently released a letter accusing Michael's executors of fraud.

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Katherine Jackson's lawyer says she will file paperwork Thursday to get joint custody of the kids.

The letter also claimed Katherine had been mistreated and suffered a mini -stroke.

Michael's three kids - Prince, 15, Paris, 14, and Blanket, 10 - didn't hear from their grandmother for days and worried she'd effectively been kidnapped, legal documents revealed.

Paris fired off furious accusations on Twitter, vowing revenge, and a judge suspended Katherine's guardianship of the kids last Wednesday.

Katherine's lawyer Perry Sanders said his 82-year-old client laughed at the stroke claim when she returned to California late last week and planned to file court paperwork Thursday asking for joint guardianship along with her grandson TJ Jackson, the 34-year-old son of Tito Jackson.

Jermaine didn't mention the stroke claim in his statement Wednesday but said Sanders confirmed Katherine suffered high blood pressure.

"Rest was the sole reason she went to Arizona. Prince even carried her bags down the stairs and urged her to rest-up, because we all come from the same caring place," he wrote in the Twitter statement. "When she was away, and with the children in the responsible care of Tito's son TJ, there was never a malicious attempt to 'block' the kids from talking with her."

He said her phone communication was limited because they worried unidentified third parties might add to her stress. He claimed he went to the kids' Calabasas, Calif., home a week ago Monday to discuss arrangements for them to visit Katherine.

"We were denied that access by security -- and it was clear that mutual suspicions had allowed events to spiral out of control," he said. "I regret that events were ever allowed to reach such a stage. I regret any distress caused to Prince, Paris and Blanket. That was never, ever the intention of myself, Janet, Rebbie or Randy."

He called for privacy in the future.

"Mistakes have been made and irrational things have been said on both sides in a highly charged emotional environment," he said. "It is time for us all to draw a line in the sand and move towards peace, co-operation, love and healing. I truly hope that we can find it in our hearts to do so."

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