STS, you are right..

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Jun 23, 2008 at 16:49

If you consider a siege and offer to live as a second-class citizen "peace"

For four months the siege continued without a break. Then the Patriarch of Jerusalem Sophronius, offered to surrender the city and pay the jizya, but only on condition that the caliph himself would come and sign the pact with him and receive the surrender. When the Sophronius's terms became known to the Muslims, Sharhabil ibn Hassana, one of the Muslim commander suggested that instead of waiting for caliph Umar to come all the way from Madinah, Khalid ibn Walid should be sent forward as the caliph. Umar and Khalid were very similar in appearance;
...........When Khalid reported the failure of this mission, Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah wrote to caliph Umar about the situation, and invited him to come to Jerusalem and accept the surrender of the city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(637)

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